linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 23/30] of/platform: Export of_platform_device_create

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Date:   Mon, 10 Jun 2019 11:43:44 -0600
From:   Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
To:     Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>
Cc:     Tom Joseph <tjoseph@...ence.com>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Gustavo Pimentel <gustavo.pimentel@...opsys.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@...il.com>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 23/30] of/platform: Export of_platform_device_create_pdata()

On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 7:19 AM Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com> wrote:
>
> Export of_platform_device_create_pdata() to be used by drivers to
> create child devices with the given platform data. This can be used
> by platform specific driver to send platform data core driver. For e.g.,
> this will be used by TI's J721E SoC specific PCIe driver to send
> ->start_link() ops and ->is_link_up() ops to Cadence core PCIe driver.

NAK

of_platform_device_create_pdata() is purely for legacy handling of
auxdata which is something I hope to get rid of someday. Or to put it
another way, auxdata use is a sign of platforms not fully converted to
DT.

Rob