[PATCH v14 02/10] power: reset: reboot-mode: Add device tree node-based registration

[Shivendra Pratap]

On 9/18/2025 4:02 AM, Sebastian Reichel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 09:59:44PM +0530, Shivendra Pratap wrote:
>> On 9/17/2025 12:18 AM, Sebastian Reichel wrote:
>>> On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 08:05:07PM +0530, Shivendra Pratap wrote:
>>>> The reboot-mode driver does not have a strict requirement for
>>>> device-based registration. It primarily uses the device's of_node
>>>> to read mode-<cmd> properties and the device pointer for logging.
>>>>
>>>> Remove the dependency on struct device and introduce support for
>>>> Device Tree (DT) node-based registration. This enables drivers
>>>> that are not associated with a struct device to leverage the
>>>> reboot-mode framework.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Shivendra Pratap <shivendra.pratap at oss.qualcomm.com>
>>>> ---
>>>
>>> Please use fwnode instead of device_node, so that the same thing
>>> can be used with non DT setups, if that becomes necessary. Otherwise
>>> LGTM.
>>
>> To be more clear on this, have one question: the current unmodified
>> design of reboot-mode is dt based:
>>
>> struct device_node *np = reboot->dev->of_node;
>> and then parses the node using for_each_property_of_node(np, prop).
>>
>> We want to refactor reboot-mode to support non-DT setups by adding
>> support for fwnode-based approach (struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)?
>>
>> Can you please explain a bit? Some more details would be helpful to
>> make the change.
> 
> It's fine to keep using of_node internally. But the external API
> (include/linux/reboot-mode.h) should use fwnode. Just like the
> current external API is not DT specific as it just gets a struct
> device. This keeps the external API somewhat ready for non-DT users
> and avoids having to change all API users again in the future.
> 

sure. Will check and try to make this change.

thanks,
Shivendra