linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] platform/x86: portwell-ec: Move watchdog device under correct platform hierarchy

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Message-Id: <175016396784.2117.17760069143731319818.b4-ty@linux.intel.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:39:27 +0300
From: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
To: jesse.huang@...twell.com.tw, Hans de Goede <hansg@...nel.org>, 
 Ivan Hu <ivan.hu@...onical.com>
Cc: platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] platform/x86: portwell-ec: Move watchdog device
 under correct platform hierarchy

On Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:48:19 +0800, Ivan Hu wrote:

> Without explicitly setting a parent for the watchdog device, the device is
> registered with a NULL parent. This causes device_add() (called internally
> by devm_watchdog_register_device()) to register the device under
> /sys/devices/virtual, since no parent is provided. The result is:
> 
> DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/watchdog/watchdog0
> 
> [...]


Thank you for your contribution, it has been applied to my local
review-ilpo-fixes branch. Note it will show up in the public
platform-drivers-x86/review-ilpo-fixes branch only once I've pushed my
local branch there, which might take a while.

The list of commits applied:
[1/1] platform/x86: portwell-ec: Move watchdog device under correct platform hierarchy
      commit: c8892c2a5b27d4026cda60409c393ba0d6c88df9

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