[PATCH v2 1/3] mfd: core: Make a best effort attempt to match devices with the correct of_nodes

[Lee Jones]

On Wed, 24 Jun 2020, Frank Rowand wrote:

> On 2020-06-24 02:46, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Tue, 23 Jun 2020, Frank Rowand wrote:
> > 
> >> On 2020-06-23 14:59, Lee Jones wrote:
> 
> < big snip >
> 
> Thanks for the replies in the above portion.

NP.

> >>>> But yes or no to my solution #2 (with some slight changes to
> >>>> make it better (more gracious handling of the detected error) as
> >>>> discussed elsewhere in the email thread)?
> >>>
> >>> Please see "[0]" above!
> >>>
> >>> AFAICT your solution #2 involves bombing out *all* devices if there is
> >>> a duplicate compatible with no 'reg' property value.  This is a)
> >>> over-kill and b) not an error, as I mentioned:
> >>
> >> As I mentioned above, I set you up to have this misunderstanding by
> >> a mistake in one of my earlier emails.  So now that I have pointed
> >> out what I meant here by "more gracious handling of the detected
> >> error", what do you think of my amended solution #2?
> > 
> > Explained above, but the LT;DR is that it's not correct.
> 
> I don't agree with you, I think my solution is better.  Even if I
> prefer my solution, I find your solution to be good enough.

I still don't see how it could work, but please feel free to submit a
subsequent patch and we can discuss it on its own merits.

> So I am dropping my specific objection to returning -EAGAIN from
> mfd_match_of_node_to_dev() when the node has previously been
> allocated to a device.

Great.  Thanks for taking an interest.

Does this mean I can apply your Reviewed-by?

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