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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/3] mfd: core: Make a best effort attempt to match devices with the correct of_nodes
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On 2020-06-24 11:14, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jun 2020, Frank Rowand wrote:
>
>> On 2020-06-24 02:46, Lee Jones wrote:
>>> On Tue, 23 Jun 2020, Frank Rowand wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2020-06-23 14:59, Lee Jones wrote:
>>
>> < big snip >
>>
>> Thanks for the replies in the above portion.
>
> NP.
>
>>>>>> But yes or no to my solution #2 (with some slight changes to
>>>>>> make it better (more gracious handling of the detected error) as
>>>>>> discussed elsewhere in the email thread)?
>>>>>
>>>>> Please see "[0]" above!
>>>>>
>>>>> AFAICT your solution #2 involves bombing out *all* devices if there is
>>>>> a duplicate compatible with no 'reg' property value. This is a)
>>>>> over-kill and b) not an error, as I mentioned:
>>>>
>>>> As I mentioned above, I set you up to have this misunderstanding by
>>>> a mistake in one of my earlier emails. So now that I have pointed
>>>> out what I meant here by "more gracious handling of the detected
>>>> error", what do you think of my amended solution #2?
>>>
>>> Explained above, but the LT;DR is that it's not correct.
>>
>> I don't agree with you, I think my solution is better. Even if I
>> prefer my solution, I find your solution to be good enough.
>
> I still don't see how it could work, but please feel free to submit a
> subsequent patch and we can discuss it on its own merits.
>
>> So I am dropping my specific objection to returning -EAGAIN from
>> mfd_match_of_node_to_dev() when the node has previously been
>> allocated to a device.
>
> Great. Thanks for taking an interest.
>
> Does this mean I can apply your Reviewed-by?
>

No, please do not. I don't want to give the patch that strong
of an endorsement.

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