Re: [PATCH] i2c: Mark instantiated device nodes with OF_POPULATE

[Wolfram Sang <wsa-z923LK4zBo2bacvFa/9K2g@public.gmane.org>]

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On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 07:42:59AM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 12:40 AM, Wolfram Sang <wsa-z923LK4zBo2bacvFa/9K2g@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >
> >> >>>> Mark (and unmark) device nodes with the POPULATE flag as appropriate.
> >> >>>> This is required to avoid multi probing when using I2C and device
> >> >>>> overlays containing a mux.
> >> >>>> This patch is also more careful with the release of the adapter device
> >> >>>> which caused a deadlock with muxes, and does not break the build
> >> >>>> on !OF since the node flag accessors are not defined then.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Signed-off-by: Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou-OWPKS81ov/FWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Now, that the dependency is upstream: applied to for-current, thanks!
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm not seeing this in linux-next, or in your for-current branch.
> >> >>
> >> >> Was this dropped or superseded by something else?
> >> >
> >> > I dropped it because it caused a build bug. So, we need another
> >> > dependency in... I am not sure if this is already in.
> >> >
> >>
> >> FWIW, I’ve posted the dependency patch already; it’s trivial as you recall.
> >>
> >> Lets hope it gets picked so that this one can go in.
> >
> > Is that in now?
> 
> You mean "of: Move OF flags to be visible even when !CONFIG_OF"? If
> so, it is queued up for 4.2 in my tree.

Sorry, I lost track of all the fixes needed for this one. I also can't
recall being CCed to them. Pity.

IIRC it is the one which adds OF_POPULATED. If so, why is this not
scheduled for 4.1 as this bugfix depends on it?

Pantelis, thanks for all the work yet I must say I am seriously confused
with the handling of this patch. I thought you wanted the original I2C
fix applied asap?


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