Re: [PATCH 6/9] serdev: Skip registering serdev devices from DT is external connector is used

[Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM Manivannan Sadhasivam via B4 Relay
<devnull+manivannan.sadhasivam.oss.qualcomm.com@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> From: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@oss.qualcomm.com>
>
> If an external connector like M.2 is connected to the serdev controller
> in DT, then the serdev devices will be created dynamically by the connector
> driver. So skip registering devices from DT node as there will be no
> statically defined devices.

You could still have statically defined devices. You are just choosing
to probe them later from the connector driver.

>
> Signed-off-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serdev/core.c | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serdev/core.c b/drivers/tty/serdev/core.c
> index 8c2a40a537d93f4b9353a2f128cdf51b521929b1..1378587d386356ca4415fa455b2ee722b5e44d3e 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serdev/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serdev/core.c
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
>  #include <linux/kernel.h>
>  #include <linux/module.h>
>  #include <linux/of.h>
> +#include <linux/of_graph.h>
>  #include <linux/of_device.h>
>  #include <linux/pm_domain.h>
>  #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
> @@ -560,6 +561,15 @@ static int of_serdev_register_devices(struct serdev_controller *ctrl)
>         int err;
>         bool found = false;
>
> +       /*
> +        * When the serdev controller is connected to an external connector like
> +        * M.2 in DT, then the serdev devices will be created dynamically by the
> +        * connector driver. So skip looking for devices in DT node as there will
> +        * be no statically defined devices.
> +        */
> +       if (of_graph_is_present(ctrl->dev.of_node))
> +               return 0;

Where's the schema that allows graph nodes?

Rob