Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 5 Feb 2024 16:11:29 +0100 | From | Miquel Raynal <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v1 4/4] mtd: mtdpart: Allow fwnode links to NVMEM compatible fwnodes |
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Hi Michael,
mcpratt@pm.me wrote on Tue, 23 Jan 2024 01:47:21 +0000:
> This reverts commit fb42378dcc7f247df56f0ecddfdae85487495fbc > ("mtd: mtdpart: Don't create platform device that'll never probe"). > > That commit is a manual named exception in order to avoid fw_devlink links > to an "nvmem-cells" compatible node which is a descendant of the fwnode > that represents the real supplier device that probes. > > The commit does not work for newer cases, like the "fixed-layout"
Do you have plans for it? Because it is the modern description that is now expected, so I don't feel convinced by all this work (which is nevertheless considerable) if fixed-layouts are still broken?
> compatible nodes, but instead of adding another compatible string, > remove this workaround as it is no longer needed after > the previous few commits which handle the situation in a generic way > for all supplier nodes that are a child or further descendant fwnode > of a parent device that can probe, including when the consumer device > has a probe attempt before the supplier device, by using an existing > incorrect fwnode or device link to recreate the correct one. > > Signed-off-by: Michael Pratt <mcpratt@pm.me>
Thanks, Miquèl
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