Re: [PATCH 1/4] firmware: arm_scmi: bus: Bypass setting fwnode for scmi cpufreq

[Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Dec 25, 2024 at 04:20:44PM +0800, Peng Fan (OSS) wrote:
> From: Peng Fan <peng.fan@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Two drivers scmi_cpufreq.c and scmi_perf_domain.c both use
> SCMI_PROTCOL_PERF protocol, but with different name, so two scmi devices
> will be created. But the fwnode->dev could only point to one device.
> 
> If scmi cpufreq device created earlier, the fwnode->dev will point to
> the scmi cpufreq device. Then the fw_devlink will link performance
> domain user device(consumer) to the scmi cpufreq device(supplier).
> But actually the performance domain user device, such as GPU, should use
> the scmi perf device as supplier. Also if 'cpufreq.off=1' in bootargs,
> the GPU driver will defer probe always, because of the scmi cpufreq
> device not ready.
> 
> Because for cpufreq, no need use fw_devlink. So bypass setting fwnode
> for scmi cpufreq device.
>

Not 100% sure if above is correct. See:

Commit 8410e7f3b31e ("cpufreq: scmi: Fix OPP addition failure with a dummy clock provider")

Am I missing something ?

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Regards,
Sudeep