Re: [PATCH v1 3/6] mfd: core: Propagate software node group to the sub devices

[Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 08 Jun 2020, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

> From: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> When ever device properties are supplied for a sub device, a software node
> (fwnode) is actually created and then associated with that device. By allowing
> the drivers to supply the complete software node group instead of just the
> properties in it, the drivers can take advantage of the other features the
> software nodes have on top of supplying the device properties.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c   | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  include/linux/mfd/core.h |  3 +++
>  2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

I'm not sure a change to the API is justified presently (same does go
for 'properties' really, but as it was only a couple of lines, it
didn't seem too intrusive).

My recommendation is to handle this in-house (i.e. locally in-driver)
for now.  When (if) more users adopt the practice, then we should
consider to draw down on line numbers and repetition and make it part
of the API.

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]
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