Re: [PATCH v9 00/12] Device property improvements, add %pfw format specifier

Petr Mladek
2019-10-08T12:25:02Z

On Thu 2019-10-03 15:32:07, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This set adds functionality into the device property API (counting a
> node's parents as well as obtaining its name) in order to support printing
> fwnode names using a new conversion specifier "%pfw". The names that are
> produced are equivalent to its OF counterpart "%pOF" on OF systems for the
> two supported modifiers ("f" and "P").
>
> Printing a node's name is something that's been available on OF for a long
> time and if something is converted to device property API (such as the
> V4L2 fwnode framework) it always got removed of a nice feature that was
> sometimes essential in debugging. With this set, that no longer is the
> case.

The patchset is ready to go upstream from my POV.

Should it go via a tree that maintains the device property API
or via printk.git? Both possibilities work for me.

Best Regards,
Petr