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

From: Jean Delvare
Date: Fri Aug 26 2022 - 12:06:21 EST


On Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:18:20 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 1:46 PM Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > therefore of_match_ptr() should be
> > removed from the kernel entirely?
>
> (...) 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.

Well, I can't see the value of of_match_ptr() in such case either. In
fact I've submitted a couple patches to remove such occurrences lately:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-mediatek/patch/20220730144833.0a0d9825@endymion.delvare/
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-pm/patch/20220804135938.7f69f5d9@endymion.delvare/

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Jean Delvare
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