linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware: arm_sdei: Drop check for /firmware/ node and always register driver

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Message-ID: <bcadd00b-cd76-8321-e1c9-0a076fe64deb@arm.com>
Date:   Mon, 4 May 2020 18:14:41 +0100
From:   James Morse <james.morse@....com>
To:     Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "will@...nel.org" <will@...nel.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: arm_sdei: Drop check for /firmware/ node and
 always register driver

Hi Sudeep,

(CC: +Will and +Catalin)

On 22/04/2020 13:28, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> As with most of the drivers, let us register this driver unconditionally
> by dropping the checks for presence of firmware nodes(DT) or entries(ACPI).
> 
> Further, as mentioned in the commit acafce48b07b ("firmware: arm_sdei:
> Fix DT platform device creation"), the core takes care of creation of
> platform device when the appropriate device node is found and probe
> is called accordingly.
> 
> Let us check only for the presence of ACPI firmware entry before creating
> the platform device and flag warning if we fail.

Reviewed-by: James Morse <james.morse@....com>


Will/Catalin, any chance you could pick this up for v5.8?

Original message:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20200422122823.1390-1-sudeep.holla@arm.com/


Thanks!

James