Re: [PATCH] reset: remove the reset-tn48m driver

[Robert Marko]

On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 8:26 AM Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 12/01/2026 07:49, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > The reset-tn48m driver is useless without the simple-mfd parent, which
> > is not present in the kernel tree, so remove it and references to it.
>
> I don't understand that sentence. simple-mfd is present in the kernel
> tree, so the condition is clearly false.
>
> Driver has proper instantiation mechanism, thus all out of tree users
> can properly use it and there is no ever requirement to have in-tree
> DTS. Otherwise you would remove half of the kernel drivers...

The simple-mfd driver itself exists, but all of the TN48M drivers
depend on a symbol
that sadly, was reverted in [1], and thus you cannot build them, nor
are they instantiated without it.

I am sad that was the case as the drivers work, and they were planned
for expansion for more
switch models but it ended up in this limbo state.

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?h=next-20260109&id=540e6a8114d0

Regards,
Robert

>
> >
> > Fixes: 5cd3921d16b6 ("reset: Add Delta TN48M CPLD reset controller")
>
> No bug to be fixed. Or at least not explained yet...
>
> > Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Based on v6.19-rc4.
> >
>
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof



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