Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 9 Apr 2022 15:01:25 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 13/18] dt-bindings: fix jz4780-nemc issue as reported by dtbscheck | From | Krzysztof Kozlowski <> |
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On 09/04/2022 14:55, Paul Cercueil wrote: >> >> I saw the efuse children and that's why I asked who is expected to >> populate them. You said that simple-mfd is required for this, I say >> no. >> It should work without simple-mfd... >> >> I am kind of repeating myself but I really do not see the need of >> simple-mfd in the bindings. > > Well, it is a "simple MFD",
It's not a simple MFD, it is a memory controller. MFD is a purely Linux/software term, so there are no devices which are MFD. Everything which we model as MFD is actually something else in real life (e.g. PMIC, memory controller, system controller).
> so I don't see why we can't use the > "simple-mfd" compatible. Why would we not want to use it?
No one said that you cannot. You just might not need...
> > Besides, if the nemc driver is responsible for populating the efuse > device, that means the nemc driver must be enabled for the efuse to > work, which is nonsense, the two IP blocks being unrelated.
That's actually the explanation I was looking for. It would be nice to use it in commit msg instead of the dtbs_check warning.
Best regards, Krzysztof
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