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Date:   Mon, 4 Apr 2022 12:41:37 -0500
From:   Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
To:     =?iso-8859-1?Q?Cl=E9ment_L=E9ger?= <clement.leger@bootlin.com>
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        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>,
        Lars Povlsen <lars.povlsen@microchip.com>,
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        UNGLinuxDriver@microchip.com,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>,
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        Allan Nielsen <allan.nielsen@microchip.com>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] add fwnode support to reset subsystem
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On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 03:12:34PM +0100, Cl?ment L?ger wrote:
> This series is part of a larger series which aims at adding fwnode
> support in multiple subsystems [1]. The goal of this series was to
> add support for software node in various subsystem but in a first
> time only the fwnode support had gained consensus and will be added
> to multiple subsystems.

The goal is describing a solution. What is the problem?

What's the scenario where you have a reset provider not described by 
firmware providing resets to devices (consumers) also not described by 
firmware.

> For the moment ACPI node support is excluded from the fwnode support
> to avoid creating an unspecified ACPI reset device description. With
> these modifications, both driver that uses the fwnode_ API or the of_
> API to register the reset controller will be usable by consumer
> whatever the type of node that is used.

Good, because controlling reset lines directly isn't how the ACPI device 
model works AFAIK.

> One question raised by this series is that I'm not sure if all reset
> drivers should be modified to use the new fwnode support or keep the
> existing device-tree support. Maintainer advice on that particular
> question will be welcome.

That would be pointless churn IMO. Why do we need to convert drivers 
which the vast majority will never use anything but DT?

Rob