Re: [RESEND][PATCH 1/4] of: platform: populate /firmware/ node from of_platform_default_populate_init()

From: Rob Herring
Date: Tue Oct 17 2017 - 09:02:41 EST


On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 5:45 AM, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Since "/firmware" does not have its own "compatible" property as it's
> just collection of nodes representing firmware interface, it's sub-nodes
> are not populated during system initialization.
>
> Currently different firmware drivers search the /firmware/ node and
> populate the sub-node devices selectively. Instead we can populate
> the /firmware/ node during init to avoid more drivers continuing to
> populate the devices selectively.
>
> To generalize the solution this patch populates the /firmware/ node
> explicitly from of_platform_default_populate_init().
>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/of/platform.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>