Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 1 Mar 2023 19:43:09 +0200 | From | Vladimir Oltean <> | Subject | Re: Implementation of fwnode_operations :: device_get_match_data() for software nodes? |
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On Wed, Mar 01, 2023 at 07:33:29PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > Yes, that's why I remember overlays approach and FPGA case. > > I guess you have very similar requirements to get this done: your case is a > particular one for FPGA, i.e. (re-)loading the same HW layout over and over. > > I believe it should be discussed with them being involved. We don't want to > have two approaches of similar things in the kernel.
I don't think comparisons with the denatured case are helpful. Is "ax + b = 0" a quadratic equation? Well, yes, if you consider it to be a particular case where the coefficient of x^2 is 0. Do you use quadratic equation techniques to solve it? No.
I agree we don't want to have multiple approaches of doing the same thing, but I debate whether I am really doing the same thing?
If software nodes are not designed to be a good fit for my kind of use case, then what are they designed for?
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