Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] Add support for GE SUNH hot-pluggable connector

[Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>]

Hello Rob,

On Fri, 09 Aug 2024 17:34:48 +0200
Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com> wrote:

...

> However a few new rough edges emerged that are not yet solved in this
> v3. Discussion would help in finding the right direction:
> 
>  * Describing the NVMEM cell addition still requires adding two properties
>    to a node in the base tree. Not sure the current NVMEM cell bindings
>    allow to do better.

Do you have any thoughts about how to describe the NVMEM cell in DT
without adding properties?

As of now...

> 2: the "base" overlay
> 
> The "base" overlay describes the common components that are required to
> read the model ID. These are identical for all add-on models, thus only one
> "base" overlay is needed:
> 
>     /dts-v1/;
>     /plugin/;
> 
>     / {
>         fragment@0 {
>             target-path = "";
> 
>             __overlay__ {
>                 nvmem-cells = <&addon_id>;
>                 nvmem-cell-names = "id";

...the nvmem-cell* properties are the only ones that for lack of a
good solution get added to a node in the base tree, causing the memory
leak issue to be still present.

Luca

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