[PATCH 15/16] misc: lan966x_pci: Add dtso nodes in order to support SFPs

[Thomas Petazzoni]

On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 16:04:51 +0200
Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch> wrote:

> And you need some way to map the PCI ID to the correct .dtso file.
> Maybe that is just a lookup table in the driver, or maybe you can pack
> the .dtso file into a kernel module with the correct
> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, ...) so that PCI probing pulls in the
> specific driver module with the .dtso, which via dependencies pulls in
> the core driver which can actually make use of the .dtso?

Well, check the already upstream driver:

  https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.13.7/source/drivers/misc/lan966x_pci.c

It indeed binds on the PCI ID, and the driver bundles the .dtbo.

Best regards,

Thomas
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