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Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2024 17:35:43 +0000
From: Michael Pratt <mcpratt@...me>
To: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
Cc: devicetree@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, saravanak@...gle.com, abel.vesa@...aro.org, alexander.stein@...tq-group.com, andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com, bigunclemax@...il.com, brgl@...ev.pl, colin.foster@...advantage.com, djrscally@...il.com, dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org, festevam@...il.com, fido_max@...ox.ru, frowand.list@...il.com, geert@...ux-m68k.org, heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com, kernel@...gutronix.de, linus.walleij@...aro.org, linux@...ck-us.net, luca.weiss@...rphone.com, magnus.damm@...il.com, martin.kepplinger@...i.sm, rafal@...ecki.pl, ansuelsmth@...il.com, richard@....at, sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com, sudeep.holla@....com, tglx@...utronix.de, tony@...mide.com, vigneshr@...com, dianders@...omium.org, jpb@...nel.org, rafael@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 4/4] mtd: mtdpart: Allow fwnode links to NVMEM compatible fwnodes

Hi Miquel,

Sorry for the wait in replying.


On Monday, February 5th, 2024 at 10:11, Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com> wrote:
 
> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
> mcpratt@...me wrote on Tue, 23 Jan 2024 01:47:21 +0000:
> 
> > This reverts commit fb42378dcc7f247df56f0ecddfdae85487495fbc
> > ("mtd: mtdpart: Don't create platform device that'll never probe").
> > 
> > That commit is a manual named exception in order to avoid fw_devlink links
> > to an "nvmem-cells" compatible node which is a descendant of the fwnode
> > that represents the real supplier device that probes.
> > 
> > The commit does not work for newer cases, like the "fixed-layout"
> 
> 
> Do you have plans for it? Because it is the modern description that is
> now expected, so I don't feel convinced by all this work (which is
> nevertheless considerable) if fixed-layouts are still broken?
> 


Sorry for the misunderstanding, I was referring to the already existing commit
cited in the message when saying "The commit does not work for newer cases.."
which is why reverting it in this patch is part of the series. I'll reword it.

> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Miquèl

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