Re: [PATCH 2/2] pinctrl: starfive: jh7100: ignore disabled device tree nodes

From: Nam Cao
Date: Mon Dec 04 2023 - 03:08:07 EST


On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 03:43:04PM +0100, Emil Renner Berthing wrote:
> I just noticed the Allwinner D1 device trees use /omit-if-no-ref/ in front of
> the pin group nodes. I think all current pin group nodes (for the JH7100 at
> least) are used by some peripheral, so if you're removing peripherals from the
> device tree you should be removing the reference too and this scheme should
> work for you.

If I am not mistaken, /omit-if-no-ref/ (and similar stuffs like
/delete-node/ and /delete-property/) is only for compile-time node
removal. It doesn't do anything with device tree overlay.

Best regards,
Nam