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

From: Cristian Marussi
Date: Tue Dec 31 2024 - 13:16:25 EST


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.

...or indeed this is another possibility

Thanks,
Cristian