From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: mdio-octeon: Add PCI driver binding. Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 16:07:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20150924.160757.907239258265499481.davem@davemloft.net> References: <56047D15.9080105@caviumnetworks.com> <20150924.155004.109163182451628208.davem@davemloft.net> <56047F26.9070305@caviumnetworks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <56047F26.9070305@caviumnetworks.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: ddaney@caviumnetworks.com Cc: ddaney.cavm@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, robh+dt@kernel.org, pawel.moll@arm.com, mark.rutland@arm.com, ijc+devicetree@hellion.org.uk, galak@codeaurora.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, f.fainelli@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, david.daney@cavium.com List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org From: David Daney Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:54:30 -0700 > On 09/24/2015 03:50 PM, David Miller wrote: >> From: David Daney >> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:45:41 -0700 >> >>> 2) The OF device tree nodes for PCI devices do not result in the >>> creation of a platform device. >> >> But they are created for the children right? And that's the one >> you need them for probing. >> >> I'm still not convinced, sorry. >> > > Let's let this topic rest for a few days. My original patch was > defective, so it cannot be merged. I will sleep on this, try a few > things and perhaps revisit it if I still think it is advisable. Ok.