Re: [PATCH] mfd: mfd-core: Change "Failed to locate of_node" warning to debug
From: Lee Jones
Date: Wed Jun 30 2021 - 04:42:11 EST
> 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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Lee Jones [李琼斯]
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