Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] pinctrl: s32: separate const device data from struct s32_pinctrl_soc_info

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Thu Mar 23 2023 - 14:51:24 EST


On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 4:49 PM Chester Lin <clin@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The .data field in struct of_device_id is used as a const member so it's
> inappropriate to attach struct s32_pinctrl_soc_info with of_device_id
> because some members in s32_pinctrl_soc_info need to be filled by
> pinctrl-s32cc at runtime.
>
> For this reason, struct s32_pinctrl_soc_info must be allocated in
> pinctrl-s32cc and then create a new struct s32_pinctrl_soc_data in order
> to represent const .data in of_device_id. To combine these two structures,
> a s32_pinctrl_soc_data pointer is introduced in s32_pinctrl_soc_info.

So, the first patch has to be embedded in this one, correct?
Don't forget to compile and test your contributions beforehand.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko