netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: mdio-octeon: Add PCI driver binding.

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Message-ID: <56047F26.9070305@caviumnetworks.com>
Date:	Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:54:30 -0700
From:	David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<ddaney.cavm@...il.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<robh+dt@...nel.org>, <pawel.moll@....com>, <mark.rutland@....com>,
	<ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>, <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	<devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <david.daney@...ium.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: mdio-octeon: Add PCI driver binding.

On 09/24/2015 03:50 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com>
> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:45:41 -0700
>
>> 2) The OF device tree nodes for PCI devices do not result in the
>> creation of a platform device.
>
> But they are created for the children right?  And that's the one
> you need them for probing.
>
> I'm still not convinced, sorry.
>

Let's let this topic rest for a few days.  My original patch was 
defective, so it cannot be merged.  I will sleep on this, try a few 
things and perhaps revisit it if I still think it is advisable.

Thanks,
David Daney
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