Re: [PATCH 2/2] mfd: axp20x: use correct platform device id for many PEK

[Lee Jones]

On Tue, 18 Jul 2017, Quentin Schulz wrote:

> Hi Lee,
> 
> On 18/07/2017 11:49, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Tue, 18 Jul 2017, Quentin Schulz wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi Lee,
> >>
> >> On 18/07/2017 09:19, Lee Jones wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 17 Jul 2017, Quentin Schulz wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> According to their datasheets, the AXP221, AXP223, AXP288, AXP803,
> >>>> AXP809 and AXP813 PEK have different values for startup time bits from
> >>>> the AXP20X, let's use the platform device id with the correct values.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> ---
> >>>>  drivers/mfd/axp20x.c | 12 ++++++------
> >>>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>> Patch is find, but are these names reference from platform data
> >>> anywhere i.e. are we going to break anything by applying it?
> >>>
> >>
> >> I don't really understand what you're asking.
> > 
> > Yes, I guess that was a little Fringlish, apologies for my haste.
> > 
> >> We need the first patch of this patch series to be applied before the
> >> second patch or axp20x-pek driver wouldn't be probed anymore.
> >>
> >> There is no Device Tree declaring axp20x-pek and there is no support for
> >> Device Tree probing in the driver.
> >>
> >> I don't see how I could break anything with these patches. Could you
> >> explain with an abstract example, please? I might not break anything
> >> here but it's better to know now what I could have broken in another
> >> situation/with another patch series so I won't make that mistake in the
> >> future.
> >>
> >> Oh, but this patch series would change the name of the directory exposed
> >> in sysfs (/sys/bus/platform/devices/axp221-pek/*). Is that what you were
> >> afraid of?
> > 
> > I'm worried about any breakage in terms of name referencing.
> > 
> > If this driver is DT only, then the concern is less, but in the olden
> > days, we used to conduct device/driver binding using the name.  Ergo,
> > if you change the name in the driver without updating the device
> > registration, we would not bind and .probe() would not be called.
> > 
> 
> Previous to this patch set, the axp20x-pek driver would have no
> platform_device_id table set. The name attribute in the
> platform_driver.driver was (and still is): "axp20x-pek". As I
> understand, the MFD subsystem would use the name of the driver to make
> the connection between the name defined in the mfd cell and the one in
> the driver.
> 
> Now I've a platform device id table that, if I understood correctly,
> would be used by the MFD subsystem to make the connection between the
> name defined in the mfd cell and the platform device id table.
> 
> My platform device id table is as following:
> 
> static const struct platform_device_id axp_pek_id_match[] = {
> 
>         {
> 
>                 .name = "axp20x-pek",
> 
>                 .driver_data = (kernel_ulong_t)&axp20x_attribute_group,
> 
>         }, {
> 
>                 .name = "axp221-pek",
> 
>                 .driver_data = (kernel_ulong_t)&axp221_attribute_group,
> 
>         },
> 
> };
> 
> 
> Thus, by keeping axp20x-pek as one of the platform device id, we do not
> break anything since everything that makes the connection with the
> driver name would also make the connection with the platform device id.
> Right?
> 
> Basically without this patch, axp20x-pek still probes (I've just tested
> to make sure), with "axp20x-pek" platform device id, as it does today
> with except with "axp20x-pek" driver name.
> 
> Does it make sense? Do I answer your worries?

Yes, thanks.

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