Re: [RFC/PATCH 2/5] device property: introduce notion of subnodes for legacy boards

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 04:20:50PM +0300, Heikki Krogerus wrote:
> Hi Dmitry,
> 
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 04:31:19PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > > > +	if (!parent_pset)
> > > > +		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> > > > +
> > > > +	p = pset_create_set(properties);
> > > > +	if (IS_ERR(p))
> > > > +		return ERR_CAST(p);
> > > > +
> > > > +	p->dev = dev;
> > > 
> > > That looks wrong.
> > > 
> > > I'm guessing the assumption here is that the child nodes will never be
> > > assigned to their own devices, but you can't do that. It will limit
> > > the use of the child nodes to a very small number of cases, possibly
> > > only to gpios.
> > 
> > If I need to assign a node to a device I'll use device_add_properties()
> > API. device_add_child_properties() is for nodes living "below" the
> > device.
> 
> device_add_properties() is not available to us before we have the
> actual struct device meant for the properties. If the child device is
> populated outside of the "boardfiles" then we have to be able to link
> it to the child node afterwards.

I think we are talking about totally different use cases and that is why
we are having hard time coming to a mutually agreeable solution. Could
you please describe in more detail what you would like to achieve,
and preferably show how it is described now with DT and/or ACPI, so that
I have a better frame of reference.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry