linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] device property: Add a note to the fwnode.h

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Message-ID: <b2f13a6d-e876-4cd2-b814-6cbc0b5f862e@quicinc.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2025 18:03:57 +0800
From: Zijun Hu <quic_zijuhu@...cinc.com>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Scally <djrscally@...il.com>,
        Heikki Krogerus
	<heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Sakari Ailus
	<sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman
	<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>,
        Laurent
 Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] device property: Add a note to the fwnode.h

On 4/1/2025 12:35 AM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> + * Note, this header is not meant to be used by the leaf drivers.
> + * It provides the low level data types and definitions for the firmware
> + * and device property providers. The respective API headers should
> + * guarantee all the required data types and definitions without including
> + * this header directly into the driver.
> + *

sorry, i don't understand both "leaf drivers" and "respective API
headers". could you have examples ?