Re: [PATCH] iio:accel:dmard06: Optimize when CONFIG_OF isn't set

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 1:46 PM Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Aug 2022 23:12:43 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 3:54 PM Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx> wrote:

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> Now I'm curious, is there a well-defined subset of device names that
> can be found in an ACPI table? If not, does that mean that any driver
> with an OF entry could match,

Yes, anything can be matched by ACPI with any of the compatible strings.

> therefore of_match_ptr() should be
> removed from the kernel entirely?

In most cases yes, like for discrete components that can be connected
to any SoC on ACPI/DT/whatever platform. But for some cases it still
makes sense: platform is known to never be non-OF, component is known
to be used only on such platforms, etc.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko