Re: [PATCH 07/23] driver core: platform: provide platform_device_set_fwnode()
From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Jun 16 2026 - 05:53:05 EST
On Thu, Jun 04, 2026 at 05:32:27AM -0700, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Jun 2026 23:41:53 +0200, Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> > On Thu, May 21, 2026 at 10:36:30AM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> >> Provide a helper function encapsulating the logic of assigning firmware
> >> nodes to platform devices created with platform_device_alloc(). Make the
> >> kerneldoc state that this is the proper interface for assigning firmware
> >> nodes to dynamically allocated platform devices. This will allow us to
> >> switch to counting the references of the device's firmware nodes in the
> >> future, not only the OF nodes.
> >
> > But why different for of_node and fwnode to begin with?!
>
> I'm not following. What are you suggesting?
After re-reading of this thread, I think I'm suggesting the same what you have
in plans to do in the future as you put it as "This will allow us to switch to
counting the references of the device's firmware nodes in the future, not only
the OF nodes."
// Offtopic
I haven't heard from you for more than a month on this:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/af18zdP5HF3_P9Vo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Anything should I do? Please, answer to that thread.
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko