Re: [PATCH] mfd: mfd-core: Change "Failed to locate of_node" warning to debug

[Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>]

> No. This is not about DA9061 or it's mfd_cell-entries at all. My
> concern is about the general behaviour of the MFD-framework and how
> mfd_cell entries with compatibles are initialized.

I'm still not 100% sure I understand your use-case.

Let's take this back to basics.

What device are you trying to instantiate?  A DA9062 derivative?

> > Actually, this has served to highlight that your DTS is not correct.
> > 
> > Why are some devices represented in DT and some aren't?
> > 
> > If anything, I'm tempted to upgrade the info() print to warn().
> > 
> 
> Imagine only required parts of the MFD is connected to the designed
> system and unrequired parts are not. In that case, fully describing the
> MFD in the devicetree wouldn't represent the system at all.
> 
> Actually it would make more sense to check if mfd_cell-entries with
> compatibles are represented in the devicetree and add them after
> matching. This way the warning would serve it's purpose. What do you
> think of it?

I think the DT and MFD should match, so again, the way I currently
view this, doing it this way is just a different way to paper over the
cracks.

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]
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