linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 04/22] of: add function to allow probing a device from a OF node

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Date:	Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:08:24 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso@...labora.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 04/22] of: add function to allow probing a device from
 a OF node

On Mon, Sep 07, 2015 at 02:23:29PM +0200, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
> Walks the OF tree up and finds the closest ancestor that has a struct
> device associated with it, probing it if isn't bound to a driver yet.

> The above should ensure that the dependency represented by the passed OF
> node is available, because probing a device should cause its descendants
> to be probed as well (when they get registered).

I'm still not seeing how this works for MFDs where the MFD binding is
present directly in DT.

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