Re: [PATCH] of: property: Add fw_devlink support for pwms

From: Orson Zhai
Date: Thu May 27 2021 - 23:30:30 EST


On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 02:04:30PM -0700, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 1:09 AM Orson Zhai <orsonzhai@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > From: Orson Zhai <orson.zhai@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > pwms is often required by backlight in embedded devices. Add device link
> > support for pwms as well.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Orson Zhai <orson.zhai@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/of/property.c | 2 ++
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/of/property.c b/drivers/of/property.c
> > index 6c02863..93be977 100644
> > --- a/drivers/of/property.c
> > +++ b/drivers/of/property.c
> > @@ -1287,6 +1287,7 @@ DEFINE_SIMPLE_PROP(pinctrl6, "pinctrl-6", NULL)
> > DEFINE_SIMPLE_PROP(pinctrl7, "pinctrl-7", NULL)
> > DEFINE_SIMPLE_PROP(pinctrl8, "pinctrl-8", NULL)
> > DEFINE_SIMPLE_PROP(remote_endpoint, "remote-endpoint", NULL)
> > +DEFINE_SIMPLE_PROP(pwms, "pwms", NULL)
> > DEFINE_SUFFIX_PROP(regulators, "-supply", NULL)
> > DEFINE_SUFFIX_PROP(gpio, "-gpio", "#gpio-cells")
> >
> > @@ -1371,6 +1372,7 @@ static const struct supplier_bindings of_supplier_bindings[] = {
> > { .parse_prop = parse_pinctrl7, },
> > { .parse_prop = parse_pinctrl8, },
> > { .parse_prop = parse_remote_endpoint, .node_not_dev = true, },
> > + { .parse_prop = parse_pwms, },
> > { .parse_prop = parse_gpio_compat, },
> > { .parse_prop = parse_interrupts, },
> > { .parse_prop = parse_regulators, },
>
> I already have a local patch for this and "reset" bindings. But I'm
> holding off on adding support for new properties till fw_devlink=on
> fully lands in 5.13. Trying to avoid inadvertently adding new
> dependency issues. For example, the remote_endpoint binding I added to
> fix one issue caused more dependency issues. So far I've fixed them
> all.

Got it. Good to know your plan.

>
> So, yeah, temporary Nak for this.

No problem.

-Orson

>
> -Saravana