linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] Add software node support to regulator framework

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Date:   Tue, 13 Jul 2021 19:24:45 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
Cc:     Daniel Scally <djrscally@...il.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Mark Gross <mgross@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@...il.com>,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        kieran.bingham@...asonboard.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] Add software node support to regulator framework

On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 07:06:20PM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 05:02:59PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:

> > > To make sure I understand you correctly, do you advocate for suppressing
> > > registration of the I2C devices from ACPI and instantiate them from
> > > board code instead, or to somehow supplement the I2C device with
> > > board-specific data ?

> > No, to repeat yet again that is what I think is a terrible idea.

> Which of those two ? :-)

Suppressing the registration data.  Frankly the way that ACPI systems
rely so extensively on OS provided fixups on non-server systems while
still being deployed routinely there is also a substantial failure, but
it's not quite so bad.

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