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Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2024 17:35:43 +0000
To: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
From: Michael Pratt <mcpratt@pm.me>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 4/4] mtd: mtdpart: Allow fwnode links to NVMEM compatible fwnodes
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Hi Miquel,

Sorry for the wait in replying.


On Monday, February 5th, 2024 at 10:11, Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootli=
n.com> wrote:
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> Hi Michael,
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> mcpratt@pm.me wrote on Tue, 23 Jan 2024 01:47:21 +0000:
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> > This reverts commit fb42378dcc7f247df56f0ecddfdae85487495fbc
> > ("mtd: mtdpart: Don't create platform device that'll never probe").
> >=20
> > That commit is a manual named exception in order to avoid fw_devlink li=
nks
> > to an "nvmem-cells" compatible node which is a descendant of the fwnode
> > that represents the real supplier device that probes.
> >=20
> > The commit does not work for newer cases, like the "fixed-layout"
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> Do you have plans for it? Because it is the modern description that is
> now expected, so I don't feel convinced by all this work (which is
> nevertheless considerable) if fixed-layouts are still broken?
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Sorry for the misunderstanding, I was referring to the already existing com=
mit
cited in the message when saying "The commit does not work for newer cases.=
."
which is why reverting it in this patch is part of the series. I'll reword =
it.

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> Thanks,
> Miqu=C3=A8l