Re: [PATCH] MFD: mt6397: do not use generic name for keypad sub-devices

[Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>]

On Mon, 30 Jun 2025, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:

> Do not use "mtk-pmic-keys" when creating sub-device for the keypad to
> make sure the keypad driver will only bind to the sub-device if it has
> support for the variant/has matching compatible.
> 
> Reported-by: Louis-Alexis Eyraud <louisalexis.eyraud@collabora.com>
> Fixes: 6e31bb8d3a63 ("mfd: mt6397: Add initial support for MT6328")
> Fixes: de58cee8c6b8 ("mfd: mt6397-core: Add MT6357 PMIC support")
> Fixes: 4a901e305011 ("mfd: mt6397-core: Add resources for PMIC keys for MT6359")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
> ---
> 
> This is not tested so if someone with hardware could try it out that
> would be great. I *think* it should work...

My suspicion is that this will not work.  Providing compatible strings
here is only for device to node matching.  I do not believe the drivers
will probe using them.

You don't need H/W to test this theory.  You can just feed in a DTB and
see if it probes.  QEMU should be good enough for this.

>  drivers/mfd/mt6397-core.c | 12 ++++++------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/mt6397-core.c b/drivers/mfd/mt6397-core.c
> index 5f8ed8988907..3e58d0764c7e 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/mt6397-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/mt6397-core.c
> @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static const struct mfd_cell mt6323_devs[] = {
>  		.name = "mt6323-led",
>  		.of_compatible = "mediatek,mt6323-led"
>  	}, {
> -		.name = "mtk-pmic-keys",
> +		.name = "mt6323-keys",
>  		.num_resources = ARRAY_SIZE(mt6323_keys_resources),
>  		.resources = mt6323_keys_resources,
>  		.of_compatible = "mediatek,mt6323-keys"
> @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static const struct mfd_cell mt6328_devs[] = {
>  		.name = "mt6328-regulator",
>  		.of_compatible = "mediatek,mt6328-regulator"
>  	}, {
> -		.name = "mtk-pmic-keys",
> +		.name = "mt6328-keys",
>  		.num_resources = ARRAY_SIZE(mt6328_keys_resources),
>  		.resources = mt6328_keys_resources,
>  		.of_compatible = "mediatek,mt6328-keys"
> @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static const struct mfd_cell mt6357_devs[] = {
>  		.name = "mt6357-sound",
>  		.of_compatible = "mediatek,mt6357-sound"
>  	}, {
> -		.name = "mtk-pmic-keys",
> +		.name = "mt6357-keys",
>  		.num_resources = ARRAY_SIZE(mt6357_keys_resources),
>  		.resources = mt6357_keys_resources,
>  		.of_compatible = "mediatek,mt6357-keys"
> @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static const struct mfd_cell mt6331_mt6332_devs[] = {
>  		.name = "mt6332-regulator",
>  		.of_compatible = "mediatek,mt6332-regulator"
>  	}, {
> -		.name = "mtk-pmic-keys",
> +		.name = "mt6331-keys",
>  		.num_resources = ARRAY_SIZE(mt6331_keys_resources),
>  		.resources = mt6331_keys_resources,
>  		.of_compatible = "mediatek,mt6331-keys"
> @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static const struct mfd_cell mt6359_devs[] = {
>  	},
>  	{ .name = "mt6359-sound", },
>  	{
> -		.name = "mtk-pmic-keys",
> +		.name = "mt6359-keys",
>  		.num_resources = ARRAY_SIZE(mt6359_keys_resources),
>  		.resources = mt6359_keys_resources,
>  		.of_compatible = "mediatek,mt6359-keys"
> @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static const struct mfd_cell mt6397_devs[] = {
>  		.name = "mt6397-pinctrl",
>  		.of_compatible = "mediatek,mt6397-pinctrl",
>  	}, {
> -		.name = "mtk-pmic-keys",
> +		.name = "mt6397-keys",
>  		.num_resources = ARRAY_SIZE(mt6397_keys_resources),
>  		.resources = mt6397_keys_resources,
>  		.of_compatible = "mediatek,mt6397-keys"
> -- 
> 2.50.0.727.gbf7dc18ff4-goog
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dmitry

-- 
Lee Jones [李琼斯]