Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 30 Jun 2021 09:42:05 +0100 | From | Lee Jones <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] mfd: mfd-core: Change "Failed to locate of_node" warning to debug |
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> No. This is not about DA9061 or it's mfd_cell-entries at all. My > concern is about the general behaviour of the MFD-framework and how > mfd_cell entries with compatibles are initialized.
I'm still not 100% sure I understand your use-case.
Let's take this back to basics.
What device are you trying to instantiate? A DA9062 derivative?
> > Actually, this has served to highlight that your DTS is not correct. > > > > Why are some devices represented in DT and some aren't? > > > > If anything, I'm tempted to upgrade the info() print to warn(). > > > > Imagine only required parts of the MFD is connected to the designed > system and unrequired parts are not. In that case, fully describing the > MFD in the devicetree wouldn't represent the system at all. > > Actually it would make more sense to check if mfd_cell-entries with > compatibles are represented in the devicetree and add them after > matching. This way the warning would serve it's purpose. What do you > think of it?
I think the DT and MFD should match, so again, the way I currently view this, doing it this way is just a different way to paper over the cracks.
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