[PATCH v6 06/10] mfd: bcm590xx: Add PMU ID/revision parsing function

Artur Weber aweber.kernel at gmail.com
Thu Mar 13 13:39:05 PDT 2025


On 13.03.2025 14:25, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 01:20:36PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
>> On Tue, 04 Mar 2025, Artur Weber wrote:
> 
>>> +	if (id != bcm590xx->pmu_id) {
>>> +		dev_err(bcm590xx->dev,
>>> +			"Incorrect ID for %s: expected %x, got %x. Check your DT compatible.\n",
>>
>> Isn't it more likely that the H/W this is being executed on is
>> unsupported?  If so, say that instead.
> 
> Given that the compatibles are device specific the driver shouldn't be
> binding if the device is unsupported.

Yes, the intention here is just to make sure that the DT compatible and
hardware ID match. Unsupported hardware would not have a DT compatible.

Best regards
Artur



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