Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] Remove use of fw_devlink_purge_absent_suppliers()

Martin Kepplinger
2023-03-02T09:41:55Z

Am Donnerstag, dem 02.03.2023 um 10:12 +0100 schrieb Martin Kepplinger:
> Am Mittwoch, dem 01.03.2023 um 13:49 -0800 schrieb Saravana Kannan:
> > Yongqin, Martin, Amelie,
> >
> > We recent refactor of fw_devlink that ends with commit fb42378dcc7f
> > ("mtd: mtdpart: Don't create platform device that'll never probe"),
> > fw_devlink is smarter and doesn't depend on compatible property.
> > So,
> > I
> > don't think these calls are needed anymore. But I don't have these
> > devices to test on and be sure and the hardware I use to test
> > changes
> > doesn't have this issue either.
> >
> > Can you please test these changes on the hardware where you hit the
> > issue to make sure things work as expected?
> >
> > Yongqin, If you didn't have the context, this affected hikey960.
> >
> > Greg,
> >
> > Let's wait for some tests before we land these.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Saravana
>
> hi Sravana,
>
> I picked the 12 commits leading up to commit fb42378dcc7f ("mtd:
> mtdpart: Don't create platform device that'll never probe") (
> https://source.puri.sm/martin.kepplinger/linux-next/-/commits/test_fw_devlink
> ) and included the tipd patch below to test it.
>
> With that, I get the following errors:
>
> [    0.237931] imx-uart 30890000.serial: Failed to create device link
> with regulator-gnss
> [    0.334054] nwl-dsi 30a00000.mipi-dsi: Failed to create device
> link
> with regulator-lcd-1v8
> [    0.346964] nwl-dsi 30a00000.mipi-dsi: Failed to create device
> link
> with backlight-dsi
>
> but they are independent of this final tipd patch below. I'll test a
> real linux-next tree soon, for completeness, maybe I missed
> something?
>
> Anyways, on that tree, your tipd removal patch breaks type-c still
> for
> me, imx8mq-librem5.dtsi
>
> just to give a first reply quickly... thanks,
>
>                              martin
>

just confirming: it's the same as above on next-20230302 + this patch (
https://source.puri.sm/martin.kepplinger/linux-next/-/commits/test_fw_devlink_next-20230302
) with the errors already independent from the patch. I should have
tested earlier patches -.-

martin