Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: i2c: add property to avoid device detection

From: Vincent Whitchurch
Date: Mon May 16 2022 - 02:43:47 EST


On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 04:26:16PM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> That aside, I am not sure we should handle this at DT level. Maybe we
> should better change the GPIO driver to not populate a class if we have
> a firmware node?

Is it always safe to not do this detection if we have a firmware node?
Then maybe the core could just always skip it in that case without
looking for a special property or requiring individual drivers to choose
what to do?