[PATCH net v2 2/5] powerpc: remove fsl,fman from of_device_ids[]
Madalin-Cristian Bucur
madalin.bucur at nxp.com
Tue Dec 20 03:07:45 AEDT 2016
> From: David Miller [mailto:davem at davemloft.net]
> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 5:37 PM
>
> From: Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur at nxp.com>
> Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 11:22:20 +0200
>
> > The fsl/fman drivers will use of_platform_populate() on all
> > supported platforms.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur at nxp.com>
>
> It seems that this creates a failure point between patches #2 and
> #3. If the cases handled by this "fsl,fman" entry are only afterwards
> covered by the of_platform_populate() code added in patch #3 then you
> cannot split these two changes up like this.
>
> The two changes must be done at the same time, otherwise probing will
> fail for some people between patches #2 and #3.
You are right, that will happen. I was not convinced these need to be
merged due to the different places they touch. I'll send a v3.
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