From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 32B0D3ACEE1; Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:18:31 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1768490312; cv=none; b=bH0j4qwf6H4MBqSRmuExltswHaaV3PinAyBFIc7eDLWORf5Q4l9EE4udV9Tgpg/3lvHeFXm9VsQ5OZlbUHWZtbVklTNkX1WZsdzrq7w227EKJLZ6rg5Gu+RsF/9EzgnwTm9MjAmGxLdc8cI4dxX14MjxEo8jSBVwhO+9IVptzbg= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1768490312; c=relaxed/simple; bh=tnpsywHE5eQehgwsiTgSIg1hMX70Ml+yH71IO/JtgXU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=Fzu2WoewSQwx3G9gYKe9gmwhWpVcUEheYawyVMXKuZCWW4pzLEuk0qPpDe0Rxt7+MGMnIhmeYA+cqPGHlND25N4i+jqK7PMRadHeS0hBaJjYCAQVySKGcV/vgHvbZ6ZSGVBk/b4DUwKv9ank2mG3NP4Wz4V5OjiFrKfwBGYjlrM= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=p+40vPcZ; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="p+40vPcZ" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1E29EC116D0; Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:18:28 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1768490311; bh=tnpsywHE5eQehgwsiTgSIg1hMX70Ml+yH71IO/JtgXU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=p+40vPcZ68hiY9xP3RqBzt/QCsI94dJDKI+1hRXeNEivGPsRdWXd2sIFM/65wyAdG KJfXJNAX2ZVUQKWTXGXXt+ozEuByhWCoXSkl3Nh0iVMLltT3BzCznwoyfFl5qibpQX O3giP88jqMf2ihi8r4U+E4eAwCFjLUXSDjq3+vni5D4wOZRIn2UqKphXVBPT6dSht+ U3Vmdbt/g4I1YUjaYAIFD4G4fRwNWe7HG0S2XcxynJe7YivJurD67wjAI/6OU4RaYz i8LJUXNlk6FSq8Lb9jI3H/VAEjsZS66R6cxMwc0ZnBH5G8Th6nIiIwhuk4uydDok8I MkafwK+LVR9kw== Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:18:26 +0000 From: Lee Jones To: Vladimir Oltean Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Lunn , Heiner Kallweit , Russell King , "David S. Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 07/15] mfd: core: add ability for cells to probe on a custom parent OF node Message-ID: <20260115151826.GH2842980@google.com> References: <20251120153622.p6sy77coa3de6srw@skbuf> <20251121120646.GB1117685@google.com> <20251121170308.tntvl2mcp2qwx6qz@skbuf> <20251215155028.GF9275@google.com> <20251216002955.bgjy52s4stn2eo4r@skbuf> <20251216091831.GG9275@google.com> <20251216162447.erl5cuxlj7yd3ktv@skbuf> <20260109103105.GE1118061@google.com> <20260109121432.lu2o22iijd4i57qq@skbuf> <20260115093538.o5ghqb6j6dzledyw@skbuf> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20260115093538.o5ghqb6j6dzledyw@skbuf> On Thu, 15 Jan 2026, Vladimir Oltean wrote: > Hi Lee, > > On Fri, Jan 09, 2026 at 02:14:32PM +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote: > > > When I've thought about replacing the existing occurrences of the MFD > > > API being used outside of drivers/mfd, I have often thought of a > > > platform_add_device_simple() call which I believe would do what most > > > people of these use-cases actually want. > > > > Would this platform_add_device_simple() share or duplicate code with > > mfd_add_devices()? Why not just liberalize mfd_add_devices() (the > > simplest solution)? > > Sorry to nag you, but I would like to have a clear image of which way > this patch set needs to be heading for v2. My understanding is that > you're pushing for platform_device_add() while not completely rejecting > that MFD could be the correct model for this switch's sub-devices. Sorry, lots on. I'll go take a look now. -- Lee Jones [李琼斯]