I dropped a few patches from v2 of the series that are still work in progress. So v3 of the series only includes definitive patches and the patch numbering has changed. Patch 1/4 and 2/4 addresses the issue of firmware nodes that look like they'll have struct devices created for them, but will never actually have struct devices added for them. For example, DT nodes with a compatible property that don't have devices added for them. Patch 3/4 and 4/4 allow for handling optional DT bindings. v1 -> v2: Patch 1: Added a flag to fwnodes that aren't devices. Patch 3: New patch to ise the flag set in patch 1 to not create bad links. v2 -> v3: - Patch 1: Added Rafael's Ack - New patches 3 and 4 Saravana Kannan (4): driver core: fw_devlink: Detect supplier devices that will never be added of: property: Don't add links to absent suppliers driver core: Add fw_devlink.strict kernel param of: property: Add fw_devlink support for optional properties .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++ drivers/base/core.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++-- drivers/of/property.c | 16 +++++-- include/linux/fwnode.h | 3 ++ 4 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) -- 2.30.0.365.g02bc693789-goog