linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 1/4] ARM: imx: use device_initcall for imx_soc_device

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Date:   Thu, 13 Feb 2020 13:43:45 +0800
From:   Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>
To:     Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>
Cc:     Jacky Bai <ping.bai@....com>,
        "s.hauer@...gutronix.de" <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
        "kernel@...gutronix.de" <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
        "festevam@...il.com" <festevam@...il.com>,
        dl-linux-imx <linux-imx@....com>,
        "allison@...utok.net" <allison@...utok.net>,
        "info@...ux.net" <info@...ux.net>,
        Anson Huang <anson.huang@....com>,
        Leonard Crestez <leonard.crestez@....com>,
        "git@...red.net" <git@...red.net>, Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@....com>,
        "ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org" <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/4] ARM: imx: use device_initcall for imx_soc_device_init

On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 08:15:54AM +0000, Peng Fan wrote:
> > > Subject: [RFC 1/4] ARM: imx: use device_initcall for
> > > imx_soc_device_init
> > >
> > > From: Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>
> > >
> > > This is preparation to move imx_soc_device_init to drivers/soc/imx/
> > >
> > > There is no reason to must put dt devices under /sys/devices/soc0,
> > > they could also be under /sys/devices/platform, so we could pass NULL
> > > as parent when calling of_platform_default_populate.
> > >
> > 
> > This change will impact various internal test case & userspace lib, I think.
> > Need to ask test team & other developer to double check the impact.
> 
> /sys/devices/soc0 is still there, the patchset only moves
> the platform devices which under /sys/devices/soc0 to /sys/devices/platform

Jacky's concern still stands, as there are many user spaces which will be
broken and need update.

> In this way, we aligned with ARM64. And simplify arch code by moving
> the code to drivers/soc/imx. In future, considering more cleanup,
> we could merge the code to soc-imx8.c, since they share similar
> silicon rev ocotp logic.

Though this is a good thing from maintenance point of view, we do not
want to break user spaces.

Shawn