# Re: \[PATCH 1/2 v2\] \[OF\] Add of\_device\_is\_available function

- From: Stephen Rothwell \<hidden\>
- Date: 2008-03-01 22:02:59 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2008/03/9436451
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2008/03/9436446/t.md

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Hi Josh,

On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 08:16:00 -0600 Josh Boyer [ref] wrote:
>
> IEEE 1275 defined a standard "status" property to indicate the
> operational status of a device.  The property has four possible values:
> okay, disabled, fail, fail-xxx.  The absence of this property means the
> operational status of the device is unknown or okay.
> 
> This adds a function called of_device_is_available that checks the state
> of the status property of a device.  If the property is absent or set to
> either "okay" or "ok", it returns 1.  Otherwise it returns 0.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <redacted>

Looks good to me - except the patch is word wrapped (which is weird for
Claws) ...

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@canb.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/
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