On Fri, 18 Sep 2020 12:57:59 +0300 Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 11:20:58AM +0200, Marek Behun wrote: > > On Fri, 18 Sep 2020 09:15:00 +0300 > > Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Hi Marek, > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 12:32:53AM +0200, Marek Behún wrote: > > > > Change > > > > .of_match_table = xxx, > > > > to > > > > .of_match_table = of_match_ptr(xxx), > > > > in various drivers. > > > > > > > > This should be standard even for drivers that depend on OF. > > > > > > After this patch, none of these drivers will work on ACPI systems anymore. > > ^ > > If CONFIG_OF is disabled, that is. > > > > > Hi Sakari, > > > > I don't understand. Why not? Does ACPI subsystem parse of_match_table > > as well? > > It does. The compatible string is used the same way as in DT for matching > devices with "PRP0001" _HID or _CID. > > Please read Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/enumeration.rst . > > IOW, you can safely do the above only for drivers that depend on OF in > Kconfig. Otherwise you'll probably break something. > Sakari, thank you for the pointer to the docs. I thought that of_match_table is used only by OF (hence the name). Marek
