From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lee Jones Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mfd: always assign of_node in mfd_add_device() Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 09:24:35 +0000 Message-ID: <20131211092435.GC16780@lee--X1> References: <1386626809-6251-1-git-send-email-swarren@wwwdotorg.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1386626809-6251-1-git-send-email-swarren-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org> Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Stephen Warren Cc: Samuel Ortiz , Alessandro Zummo , Andrew Morton , Rob Herring , Pawel Moll , Mark Rutland , Ian Campbell , devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, rtc-linux-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org, Stephen Warren List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org > From: Stephen Warren >=20 > mfd_add_device() assigns .of_node in the device objects it creates on= ly > if the mfd_cell for the device has the .of_compatible field set and t= he > DT node for the top-level MFD device contains a child whose compatibl= e > property matches the cell's .of_compatible field. >=20 > This leaves .of_node unset in many cases. When this happens, entries = in > the DT /aliases property which refer to the top-level MFD DT node wil= l > never match the MFD child devices, hence causing the requested alias = not > to be honored. >=20 > Solve this by setting each MFD child device's .of_node equal to the t= op- > level MFD device's .of_node field in the cases where it would otherwi= se > remain unset. >=20 > The first use-case for this will be aliases for the TPS6586x's RTC > device. >=20 > Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren > --- > drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) I've tentatively applied this patch, but if it starts to cause more problems than it solves we'll have to endeavour to find a different solution. --=20 Lee Jones Linaro STMicroelectronics Landing Team Lead Linaro.org =E2=94=82 Open source software for ARM SoCs =46ollow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" i= n the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html