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Date:	Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:32:36 -0500
From:	Christopher Covington <cov@...eaurora.org>
To:	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, lm-sensors@...sensors.org,
	arm@...nel.org, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Mike Turquette <mturquette@...aro.org>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] driver core & of: Mark of_nodes of added device as
 populated

Hi Pawel,

On 02/11/2014 11:53 AM, Pawel Moll wrote:
> This patch tries to solve that issue in a generic way,
> adding a "populated" flag which is set in the device_node
> structure when a device is being created in the core.
> Later, of_platform_populate() skips such nodes (and
> its children) in a similar way to the non-available ones.

Will there never be a case where it is useful for a parent node to be created
early, but not necessarily the child nodes? Might only skipping nodes
explicitly marked as populated be a more universal solution?

Regards,
Christopher

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