> -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2020 10:10 AM > To: Ertman, David M <david.m.ertman@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; alsa- > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; tiwai@xxxxxxx; gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > Sridharan, Ranjani <ranjani.sridharan@xxxxxxxxx>; parav@xxxxxxxxxx; > jgg@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Ancillary bus implementation and SOF multi-client > support > > On Thu, Oct 01, 2020 at 04:50:26PM +0000, Ertman, David M wrote: > > > > >> are controlled by DT/ACPI. The same argument applies for not using > MFD > > > >> in this scenario as it relies on individual function devices being > > > >> physical devices that are DT enumerated. > > ... > > > The MFD bus also uses parts of the platform bus in the background, > including > > platform_data and the such. We submitted a version of the RDMA/LAN > solution > > using MFD and it was NACK'd by GregKH. > > That does not mean that it's a good idea to write documentation that > says things that are not true. It would be better to just not say > anything here rather than mislead people. I have removed the line about MFD devices requiring DT enumeration. -DaveE
