Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Jul 2021 14:34:28 +0100 | From | Mark Brown <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] Add software node support to regulator framework |
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On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 04:01:05PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> The software nodes shouldn't appear on its own in the generic code. > When we use software nodes API in it, it means that we have tried > other providers _explicitly_ and haven't found what we are looking for > and hence we have to check if software nodes are providing the same. > For example, here it's done that way: > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.14-rc1/source/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c#L178.
> In all other cases it shouldn't be called explicitly.
But why? I'm not seeing the advantage over providing platform data based on DMI quirks here, it seems like a bunch of work for no reason. [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |