Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] drivers: bus: simple-pm-bus: Add support for probing simple bus only devices

[Ulf Hansson]

On Thu, 9 Sept 2021 at 13:01, Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Sat, 4 Sept 2021 at 02:05, Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > fw_devlink could end up creating device links for bus only devices.
> > However, bus only devices don't get probed and can block probe() or
> > sync_state() [1] call backs of other devices. To avoid this, probe these
> > devices using the simple-pm-bus driver.
> >
> > However, there are instances of devices that are not simple buses (they
> > get probed by their specific drivers) that also list the "simple-bus"
> > (or other bus only compatible strings) in their compatible property to
> > automatically populate their child devices. We still want these devices
> > to get probed by their specific drivers. So, we make sure this driver
> > only probes devices that are only buses.
> >
> > [1] - https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAPDyKFo9Bxremkb1dDrr4OcXSpE0keVze94Cm=zrkOVxHHxBmQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Tested-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Tested-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx>

Saravana, Rob,

I have been following your latest discussion in this thread - and it
looks like you guys are moving towards a consensus.

Although, if there is anything I can do to help to complete this, just
tell me and I will jump in immediately.

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Kind regards
Uffe