Re: [PATCH RFT/RFC] mfd: cs42l43: setup true links with software nodes

[Charles Keepax]

On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 11:38:35AM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM Charles Keepax
> <ckeepax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > > > Hi Charles!
> > > > >
> > > > > Please give this a try. It's only build-tested so far. I hope I
> > > > > understood correctly that it's the SPI driver that needs the "cs" GPIO
> > > > > from the pinctrl.
> > > >
> > > > Unfortunately it fails with an -EBUSY on adding the MFD children.
> > > > I will investigate a little more and report back.
> > >
> > > Does it fail in device_add_software_node() in MFD core? Is it possible
> > > that the device already has a software node for some reason?
> >
> > Yeah it seems there is already a software node, although somewhat
> > at a loss as to why, the only ones we add are inside the SPI
> > driver. I will poke further and see if I can find out how it
> > acquires that node.
> >
> 
> Let me know if you figure it out, I'll submit a v2 that doesn't drop
> the undefined swnode.

Cool, thanks for all your help here. Might take me a couple hours
but I will get to the bottom of the EBUSY thing, and report back.

Thanks,
Charles