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authorMichael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au>2007-05-23 18:08:13 +1000
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2007-06-02 21:01:55 +1000
commit5169b8a1659fef9cc093ed3d889a854945a18177 (patch)
tree6e230f443c0964c63d178d0fe630ac519801827f /arch/powerpc
parentf285e3d329ce68cc355fadf4ab2c8f34d7f264cb (diff)
downloadlinux-5169b8a1659fef9cc093ed3d889a854945a18177.tar.gz
[POWERPC] Update documentation for of_find_node_by_type()
The documentation for of_find_node_by_type() incorrectly refers to the
"name" parameter - it should be "type".

Also the behaviour when from == NULL is not really documented, fix that.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc')
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c11
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index 066a6a7a25b8..af42ddab3ab4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -1171,11 +1171,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_find_node_by_name);
 
 /**
  *	of_find_node_by_type - Find a node by its "device_type" property
- *	@from:	The node to start searching from or NULL, the node
- *		you pass will not be searched, only the next one
- *		will; typically, you pass what the previous call
- *		returned. of_node_put() will be called on it
- *	@name:	The type string to match against
+ *	@from:	The node to start searching from, or NULL to start searching
+ *		the entire device tree. The node you pass will not be
+ *		searched, only the next one will; typically, you pass
+ *		what the previous call returned. of_node_put() will be
+ *		called on from for you.
+ *	@type:	The type string to match against
  *
  *	Returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, use
  *	of_node_put() on it when done.