[PATCH v5 0/3] Switch Arm CCA to use an auxiliary device instead of a platform device

[Greg KH]

On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 03:10:27PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) wrote:
> As discussed here:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250728135216.48084-12-aneesh.kumar@kernel.org
> 
> The general feedback was that a platform device should not be used when
> there is no underlying platform resource to represent. The existing CCA
> support uses a platform device solely to anchor the TSM interface in the
> device hierarchy, which is not an appropriate use of a platform device.
> Use an auxiliary device instead to track CCA support.

Why an aux device?  If this has no platform resources, please use the
faux bus support instead, that is what it is there for.  aux devices are
used when you are sharing a real resource among different "child"
drivers, and need some way to coordinate that sharing.  If you have no
resources, there's nothing to share, so no need for the complexity that
aux gives you, just use faux instead.

thanks,

greg k-h