Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] driver core: fw_devlink: Add support for FWNODE_FLAG_NEEDS_CHILD_BOUND_ON_ADD

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> That goes back to Rafael's reply (and I agree):
> 
> "Also if the probe has already started, it may still return
> -EPROBE_DEFER at any time in theory, so as a rule the dependency is
> actually known to be satisfied when the probe has successfully
> completed."
> 
> So waiting for the probe to finish is the right behavior/intentional
> for fw_devlink.

But differs to how things actually work in the driver model. The
driver model does not care if a driver has finished probing, you can
use a resource as soon as it is registered. Hence this whole
problem/discussion.

	Andrew



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