Re: [PATCH 2/4] firmware: arm_scmi: bus: Bypass setting fwnode for pinctrl

[Peng Fan]

On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 03:28:07PM +0000, Sudeep Holla wrote:
>On Wed, Dec 25, 2024 at 04:20:45PM +0800, Peng Fan (OSS) wrote:
>> From: Peng Fan <peng.fan@xxxxxxx>
>>
>> pinctrl-scmi.c and pinctrl-imx-scmi.c, both use SCMI_PROTOCOL_PINCTRL.
>> If both drivers are built in, and the scmi device with name "pinctrl-imx"
>> is created earlier, and the fwnode device points to the scmi device,
>> non-i.MX platforms will never have the pinctrl supplier ready.
>>
>
>I wonder if we can prevent creation of "pinctrl-imx" scmi device on non
>i.MX platforms instead of this hack which IMO is little less hackier
>(and little more cleaner as we don't create problem and then fix here)
>than this change.

I thought two ways that introduce new entries in scmi_device_id,
1. compatible string.
2. allowed machine string and blcoked machine string.

Thanks,
Peng
>
>--
>Regards,
>Sudeep