linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] of: platform: Use default match table for /firmware

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Message-ID: <aWdm_xNPEhO_UvzV@bogus>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:50:55 +0000
From: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
To: "Rob Herring (Arm)" <robh@...nel.org>
Cc: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...nel.org>,
	Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
	Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>,
	Andy Gross <andy.gross@...aro.org>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] of: platform: Use default match table for /firmware

On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 07:51:58PM -0600, Rob Herring (Arm) wrote:
> Calling of_platform_populate() without a match table will only populate
> the immediate child nodes under /firmware. This is usually fine, but in
> the case of something like a "simple-mfd" node such as
> "raspberrypi,bcm2835-firmware", those child nodes will not be populated.
> And subsequent calls won't work either because the /firmware node is
> marked as processed already.
> 
> Switch the call to of_platform_default_populate() to solve this problem.
> It should be a nop for existing cases.
>

Thanks, had not thought of child nodes for sure at that time.

Reviewed-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>

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Regards,
Sudeep