Re: [PATCH v3 2/7] reset: mpfs: use the auxiliary device creation helper

[Doug Anderson]

Hi,

On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > One think that's always felt a bit meh to me is this id number stuff,
> > I just threw in 666 for meme value.
>
> :)
>
> > The whole thing seems super
> > arbitrary, do any of the users of this helper actually put meaningful
> > values into the id parameter?
>
> In example changes I've sent, no.
>
> In other simple usages (those using container_of()) of the auxiliary
> bus, I think there are a few that uses 0 and 1 for 2 instances.
>
> I guess your question is "do we really need this parameter here ?"
>
> We could remove it and still address 90% of the original target.
>
> Keeping it leaves the door open in case the figure above does not hold
> and it is pretty cheap to do. It could also enable drivers requiring an
> IDA to use the helper, possibly.

FWIW, once you resolve the conflicts in drm-misc with ti-sn65dsi86
you'll need the ID value. ;-)

There was a big-ol' discussion here:

https://lore.kernel.org/r/8c2df6a903f87d4932586b25f1d3bd548fe8e6d1.1729180470.git.geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx

I eventually pushed v2 of the patch:

https://lore.kernel.org/r/7a68a0e3f927e26edca6040067fb653eb06efb79.1733840089.git.geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx


-Doug