[PATCH v2] treewide: Fix instantiation of devices in DT overlays

[Wolfram Sang]

On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 10:30:39AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> When loading a DT overlay that creates a device, the device is not
> instantiated, unless the DT overlay is unloaded and reloaded again.
> 
> Saravana explains:
>   Basically for all overlays (I hope the function is only used for
>   overlays) we assume all nodes are NOT devices until they actually
>   get added as a device.
> 
> Based on a patch by Saravana Kannan, which covered only platform and spi
> devices.
> 
> Fixes: 4a032827daa89350 ("of: property: Simplify of_link_to_phandle()")
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAGETcx_+rhHvaC_HJXGrr5_WAd2+k5f=rWYnkCZ6z5bGX-wj4w@mail.gmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas at glider.be>
> Acked-by: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>

Acked-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa at kernel.org> # for I2C

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