[PATCH] common: boards: wolfvision: use state_by_alias instead of opencoding

[Michael Riesch]

Hi Ahmad,

On 5/15/24 08:35, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> Hello Michael,
> 
> On 15.05.24 08:29, Michael Riesch wrote:
>> Hi Ahmad,
>>
>> Thanks a lot for your patch!
>>
>> On 5/15/24 08:07, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
>>> This introduces no functional change, but makes code a bit more compact.
>>>
>>> Cc: Michael Riesch <michael.riesch at wolfvision.net>
>>> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>
>>> ---
>>>  common/boards/wolfvision/common.c | 6 +-----
>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/common/boards/wolfvision/common.c b/common/boards/wolfvision/common.c
>>> index f483918cecfe..5484a8ac6b06 100644
>>> --- a/common/boards/wolfvision/common.c
>>> +++ b/common/boards/wolfvision/common.c
>>> @@ -62,11 +62,7 @@ int wolfvision_register_ethaddr(void)
>>>  	char mac[ETH_ALEN];
>>>  	int ret;
>>>  
>>> -	ret = of_device_ensure_probed_by_alias("state");
>>
>> Just to be on the safe side: of_device_ensure_probed_by_alias makes sure
>> that the underlying drivers are probed, right?
> 
> Yes.
> 
>>
>>> -	if (ret)
>>> -		return ret;
>>> -
>>> -	state = state_by_name("state");
>>> +	state = state_by_alias("state");
>>
>> state_by_alias, on the other hand, calls only of_find_node_by_alias,
>> which (as I presume) does not ensure that.
> 
> Yes, but afterwards it calls state_by_node(), which calls of_device_ensure_probed().

Ah, nice!

>> IIRC the of_device_ensure_... magic was necessary in our setup, but I
>> can give your patch a test during the next round of barebox board code
>> cleanups.
> 
> Yes, I ran into these problems before too on a deep probe system, which is
> why state_by_alias was added.

OK, this sounds good.

Reviewed-by: Michael Riesch <michael.riesch at wolfvision.net>

Thanks and regards,
Michael

> 
> Cheers,
> Ahmad
> 
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Michael
>>
>>>  	if (!state)
>>>  		return -ENOENT;
>>>  
>>
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