On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 6:47 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2017-09-01 at 10:24 -0500, Rob Herring wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 10:51 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt >> <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > This allow to (slowly) migrate those embedded platforms >> > to of_platform_default_populate() >> > >> > Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > --- >> > >> > I'm here to collect acks (or comments :-) I'd like this to go via >> > the powerpc tree along with the patches converting some of the >> > platforms. I'll be adding more bus types if/when I start tackling >> > other powerpc embedded families but for now I'm dealing with 4xx. >> >> Glad to see it. > > So my end game is to remove the #ifndef CONFIG_PPC around > of_platform_default_populate_init(void). However, for that > to work, I need to add a way to disable that on some platforms. > > However, it might take time, especially when it comes to dealing > with the old Macs or some more obscure embedded platforms. > > So in the meantime, I'm thinking adding some kind of runtime way > of disabling this default populate. Would you be ok with that ? > > Something like: > > bool arch_wants_of_platform_defaults(void) > > With a weak implementation returning true. That seems fine. The intention was that you can call of_platform_default_populate multiple times with arch specific match lists and the default. There could be ordering issues both with initcall levels and device creation ordering. Rob -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
