Re: [PATCH] PCI: iproc: Use pci_alloc_host_bridge() on BCMA

[Bjorn Helgaas]

On Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 08:40:00AM +0300, Semih Baskan wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2026 at 03:01:10PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > If bcma finds both of these devices via EROM, why do they need a
> > "brcm,iproc-pcie" compatible?  If we omitted that compatible, what
> > would break?
> 
> bcma does not need it. pcie-iproc-platform does.

And why do we need pcie-iproc-platform, since pcie-iproc-bcma.c will
claim them?

Is there a requirement that pcie-iproc-platform must be able to claim
the PCI host bridge if CONFIG_PCIE_IPROC_BCMA is not enabled?