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Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 19:40:53 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] mfd: lm3533: Hide legacy platform data in the
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On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 04:54:45PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Fri, 31 May 2024, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 04:00:48PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > On Wed, 08 May 2024, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > 
> > > > First of all, there is no user for the platform data in the kernel.
> > > > Second, it needs a lot of updates to follow the modern standards
> > > > of the kernel, including proper Device Tree bindings and device
> > > > property handling.
> > > > 
> > > > For now, just hide the legacy platform data in the driver's code.
> > > 
> > > Why not just rip it out entirely?
> > 
> > You mean the driver?
> 
> The unused platform data.

Good question. In any case these drivers are non-functional anyway without OOT
board code. If we rip out the main platform data completely, the logical following
question arises: why do we need the per-device platform data? If we rip that out,
we basically make non-functional driver a 100% dead code. Hence what you propose
mostly equals to ripping out the drivers completely.

TL;DR: with the main platform data being ripped out the driver code will be in
inconsistent state.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko