Re: [PATCH v4 00/16] Software fwnode references

[Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>]

On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 1:51 PM Heikki Krogerus
<heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm not splitting this series in two after all. After thinking about
> this for some time, I decided to add support for static software
> nodes. I did not want to support them because I don't want to make it
> easy to maintain board files, but in end they make the use of the
> software nodes so much more easier compared to if we always had to
> dynamically allocate them that it's a no-brainer. The references can
> now be also described statically. Actually, those can now only be
> described statically.
>
> Hans! I applied (hopefully) all of the fixes you proposed in v3. I
> hope you have time to test these.
>
> Here's the cover letter from v3:
>
> This is the third version of my proposal to add reference handling to
> the software node code. In this version I renamed ACPI_NAME_SIZE to
> ACPI_NAMESEG_SIZE in 6/13, and slit patch 9/13 in two separate patches
> (9/13 and 10/13) as suggested by Andy. Patch 9/13 will now only move
> the registration of max17047 out of probe, and 10/13 will introduce
> the software nodes.
>
> v2 cover letter:
>
> This is the second version of this series. In this version I'm
> introducing a new helper device_find_child_by_name() as proposed
> by Andy. Andy requested also another helper that could be used for
> chaining the fwnodes, but I decided not to add that now. I would like
> to still think about how we should handle exceptions like if there
> already is a secondary node assigned for a node.
>
> v1 cover letter:
>
> This series adds support for software fwnode reference handling. In
> practice it means making fwnode_property_get_reference_args() function
> usable in the drivers also with software nodes. I send the series
> originally as RFC [1].
>
> As the first user for the software node references, I'm converting
> intel_cht_int33fe.c to use them as part of the series.
>
> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/3/15/457
>

For PDx86 bits,
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>

Assuming it will go thru some other tree.

> thanks,
>
> Heikki Krogerus (16):
>   software node: Allow node creation without properties
>   software node: Simplify software_node_release() function
>   software node: Add support for static node descriptors
>   software node: Use kobject name when finding child nodes by name
>   software node: Add software_node_get_reference_args()
>   driver core: Add helper device_find_child_by_name()
>   ACPI / property: Don't limit named child node matching to data nodes
>   device property: Introduce fwnode_find_reference()
>   device connection: Find connections also by checking the references
>   usb: typec: Registering real device entries for the muxes
>   platform/x86: intel_cht_int33fe: Register max17047 in its own function
>   platform/x86: intel_cht_int33fe: Remove unused fusb302 device property
>   platform/x86: intel_cht_int33fe: Provide software nodes for the
>     devices
>   platform/x86: intel_cht_int33fe: Provide fwnode for the USB connector
>   platform/x86: intel_cht_int33fe: Supply fwnodes for the external
>     dependencies
>   platform/x86: intel_cht_int33fe: Replacing the old connections with
>     references
>
>  drivers/acpi/property.c                  |  26 +-
>  drivers/base/core.c                      |  28 ++
>  drivers/base/devcon.c                    |  26 ++
>  drivers/base/property.c                  |  24 ++
>  drivers/base/swnode.c                    | 324 +++++++++++++++++------
>  drivers/platform/x86/intel_cht_int33fe.c | 290 ++++++++++++++++----
>  drivers/usb/roles/class.c                |   2 +-
>  drivers/usb/typec/bus.h                  |  15 ++
>  drivers/usb/typec/class.c                |  17 +-
>  drivers/usb/typec/mux.c                  | 238 ++++++++++++-----
>  drivers/usb/typec/mux/pi3usb30532.c      |  46 ++--
>  include/linux/device.h                   |   2 +
>  include/linux/property.h                 |  51 ++++
>  include/linux/usb/typec_mux.h            |  62 ++---
>  14 files changed, 902 insertions(+), 249 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.20.1
>


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko