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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <info@metux.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rafael@kernel.org,
	linus.walleij@linaro.org, bgolaszewski@baylibre.com,
	robh+dt@kernel.org, frowand.list@gmail.com,
	pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com, linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 09/12] drivers: base: reintroduce find_bus()
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 09:00:05 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YDYHhYRDBDKGSZ1r@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <da82c033-3a82-3420-4d06-f5c39c524ae9@metux.net>

On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 09:13:26PM +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
> On 13.02.21 11:20, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 11:22:00PM +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
> > > ---
> > >   drivers/base/bus.c         | 14 ++++++++++----
> > >   include/linux/device/bus.h |  2 ++
> > >   2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > Um, no.
> 
> Why not ? Do you have a better idea ?
> 
> What I actually need is a way to unbdind a specific device, identified
> by bus name and device name. The problem to be solved here is dropping
> devices that have been enumerated in a bad way by firmware (ACPI in this
> case), and then recreating it in a clean, consistent way.

Have the firmware code do it itself, do nto try to "reach across" like
this.

And what problem are you really trying to solve here by doing this?

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-24  8:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-08 22:21 RFC: oftree based setup of composite board devices Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-02-08 22:21 ` [RFC PATCH 01/12] of: base: improve error message in of_phandle_iterator_next() Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-02-08 22:21 ` [RFC PATCH 02/12] of: base: introduce of_find_node_by_phandle_from() Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-02-08 22:21 ` [RFC PATCH 03/12] of: base: record root node in interator and use it for phandle lookup Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-02-08 22:21 ` [RFC PATCH 04/12] of: base: introduce of_match_string() Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-02-08 23:52   ` Rob Herring
2021-02-08 22:21 ` [RFC PATCH 05/12] of: kobj: __of_attach_node_sysfs(): add optional basename parameter Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-02-08 22:21 ` [RFC PATCH 06/12] of: kobj: introduce of_attach_tree_sysfs() Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-02-08 22:21 ` [RFC PATCH 07/12] gpio: amd-fch: add oftree probing support Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-02-09  3:46   ` kernel test robot
2021-02-11  9:57   ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2021-02-13  4:26   ` kernel test robot
2021-03-01 14:51   ` Linus Walleij
2021-03-11 10:17     ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-03-11 10:42       ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-03-18  8:00         ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-03-25  9:09           ` Linus Walleij
2021-02-08 22:21 ` [RFC PATCH 08/12] drivers: base: introduce bus_remove_device_by_name() Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-02-08 22:22 ` [RFC PATCH 09/12] drivers: base: reintroduce find_bus() Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-02-13 10:20   ` Greg KH
2021-02-23 20:13     ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-02-24  8:00       ` Greg KH [this message]
2021-02-24 15:30         ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-02-24 16:28           ` Greg KH
2021-02-08 22:22 ` [RFC PATCH 10/12] export bus_get() / bus_put() Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-02-08 22:22 ` [RFC PATCH 11/12] platform/x86: skeleton for oftree based board device initialization Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-02-10 10:32   ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-02-12  9:58   ` Linus Walleij
2021-02-12 11:54     ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-02-15  1:18       ` Frank Rowand
2021-02-23 20:41         ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-03-02 13:33       ` Linus Walleij
2021-02-08 22:22 ` [RFC PATCH 12/12] platform/x86/of: add support for PC Engines APU v2/3/4 boards Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-02-09  0:06   ` Rob Herring
2021-02-11 13:15     ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-03-01 14:55   ` Linus Walleij
2021-02-08 23:48 ` RFC: oftree based setup of composite board devices Rob Herring
2021-02-10 22:13   ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-02-15  1:12   ` Frank Rowand
2021-02-15 15:35     ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-02-24 13:00     ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-02-24 23:14       ` Frank Rowand
2021-03-05 18:29         ` Rob Herring
2021-02-10 10:30 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-02-11 11:08   ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-02-11 11:41     ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-02-11 17:01       ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult

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