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-rw-r--r--drivers/base/driver.c11
-rw-r--r--include/driver.h6
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index c529296fc6..5867fe45d0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ void __iomem *dev_request_mem_region_err_null(struct device_d *dev, int num)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_request_mem_region_err_null);
-void __iomem *dev_request_mem_region(struct device_d *dev, int num)
+struct resource *dev_request_mem_resource(struct device_d *dev, int num)
{
struct resource *res;
@@ -412,7 +412,14 @@ void __iomem *dev_request_mem_region(struct device_d *dev, int num)
if (IS_ERR(res))
return ERR_CAST(res);
- res = request_iomem_region(dev_name(dev), res->start, res->end);
+ return request_iomem_region(dev_name(dev), res->start, res->end);
+}
+
+void __iomem *dev_request_mem_region(struct device_d *dev, int num)
+{
+ struct resource *res;
+
+ res = dev_request_mem_resource(dev, num);
if (IS_ERR(res))
return ERR_CAST(res);
diff --git a/include/driver.h b/include/driver.h
index 31c673452f..5e2b88f315 100644
--- a/include/driver.h
+++ b/include/driver.h
@@ -203,10 +203,16 @@ void *dev_get_mem_region(struct device_d *dev, int num);
/*
* exlusively request register base 'num' for a device
+ * deprecated, use dev_request_mem_resource instead
*/
void __iomem *dev_request_mem_region(struct device_d *dev, int num);
/*
+ * exlusively request resource 'num' for a device
+ */
+struct resource *dev_request_mem_resource(struct device_d *dev, int num);
+
+/*
* exlusively request register base 'num' for a device
* will return NULL on error
* only used on platform like at91 where the Ressource address collision with