Re: [RFC PATCH] software node: Skip duplicated software_node sysfs

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On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 9:44 PM Qian Cai <quic_qiancai@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 11/1/21 7:51 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > No, it’s not so easy. What you are doing is a papering over the real issue
> > which is the limitation of the firmware nodes to two. What we need is to
> > drop the link from struct fwnode_handle, move it to upper layer and modify
> > all fwnode ops to be used over the list of fwnode:s.
>
> Andy, this is my first time touching fwnode/swnode. After reading the
> source code for a few hours, I still don't understand the hint here.
> Specifically, what does the "the link" refer to?

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/include/linux/fwnode.h#L36

(Property related) fwnode (as of today) is the single linked list with
only two possible entries. Comments against set_primary_fwnode()
followed by set_secondary_fwnode() may shed a bit of light here
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/base/core.c#L4724

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko




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