Re: [PATCH] soc: imx8m: Fix match data lookup for soc device

From: Frank Li

Date: Thu May 28 2026 - 12:56:52 EST


On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 12:55:34PM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> On 5/7/26 17:46, Frank Li wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:01:48 +0800, Peng Fan (OSS) wrote:
> >> The i.MX8M soc device is registered via platform_device_register_simple(),
> >> so it is not associated with a Device Tree node and the imx8m_soc_driver
> >> has no of_match_table.
> >>
> >> As a result, device_get_match_data() always returns NULL when probing
> >> the soc device.
> >>
> >> [...]
> >
> > Applied, thanks!
> >
> > [1/1] soc: imx8m: Fix match data lookup for soc device
> > commit: 2c6821657ce3b3c85f92719ea81ec9f9ff27df11
>
> Just wondering: are you planning to sent this towards mainline this
> cycle? The regression this fixes was introduced this cycle, so I guess
> it's something that should be merged before -rc6, as that's when Linus
> wants all known regression ideally fixed. But from the name of the
> branch it sounds more like this is scheduled to be merged in the next
> merge window (but I might easily mistaken there -- if I am: sorry!)

Thanks reminders. I intent to send for 7.1. But second look, not sure any
big impact although it is regression.

commmit message have not show what impact. I checked code, look like only
missed some soc informaiton. Let me know if I am wrong.

Frank
>
> Ciao, Thorsten