Re: [PATCH 07/23] driver core: platform: provide platform_device_set_fwnode()

From: Bartosz Golaszewski

Date: Tue Jun 16 2026 - 05:53:09 EST


On Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:49:02 +0200, Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> 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.
>

Eek, sorry, must have flown under the radar.

I'll pull it now, I will do a second PR for this merge window anyway.

Bart