linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/38] ASoC: ak5558: drop of_match_ptr from of_device

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Date:   Fri, 20 Nov 2020 20:42:45 +0100
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        alsa-devel@...a-project.org, Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
        Shengjiu Wang <shengjiu.wang@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/38] ASoC: ak5558: drop of_match_ptr from of_device_id
 table

On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 04:56:34PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 05:16:15PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > The driver can match only via the DT table so the table should be always
> > used and the of_match_ptr does not have any sense (this also allows ACPI
> > matching via PRP0001, even though it is not relevant here).  This fixes
> > compile warning (!CONFIG_OF on x86_64):
> 
> It would be better to fix these by annotating the table as potentially
> unused, if nothing else it means if someone wants to add ACPI support
> (or it just works on their ACPI system with the plain old I2C ID) then
> they don't need to revert this change.

The point is after this patch - removal of of_match_ptr() - they will
already support the ACPI matching through the PRP0001.

Keeping of_match_ptr() and maybe_unused will prevent any ACPI re-usage
unless explicit ACPI table is added

Best regards,
Krzysztof