From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org>,
Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@kernel.org>,
Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>, Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>,
Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
Bjorn Andersson <andersson@kernel.org>,
Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@linaro.org>,
Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@gmail.com>,
Das Srinagesh <quic_gurus@quicinc.com>,
Satya Priya <quic_c_skakit@quicinc.com>,
Stephen Boyd <swboyd@chromium.org>,
linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/13] regulator: add pm8008 pmic regulator driver
Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 10:57:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZjyQFrqHT2HBOWY6@hovoldconsulting.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8d2ea17c-f91e-4e14-a239-e5e999f6ac50@linaro.org>
On Tue, May 07, 2024 at 08:14:43PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 07/05/2024 19:22, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Tue, May 7, 2024 at 6:44 PM Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> wrote:
> >> On Mon, May 06, 2024 at 10:09:50PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> >>> Mon, May 06, 2024 at 05:08:29PM +0200, Johan Hovold kirjoitti:
> >>>> +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:qcom-pm8008-regulator");
> >>>
> >>> Use ID table instead.
> >>
> >> No, the driver is not using an id-table for matching so the alias is
> >> needed for module auto-loading.
> >
> > Then create one. Added Krzysztof for that. (He is working on dropping
> > MODULE_ALIAS() in cases like this one)
>
> Yeah, please use ID table, since this is a driver (unless I missed
> something). Module alias does not scale, leads to stale and duplicated
> entries, so should not be used as substitute of ID table. Alias is
> suitable for different cases.
There's no scalability issue here. If the driver uses driver name
matching then there will always be exactly one alias needed.
That said, we may use a platform device id table instead of matching on
parent compatible if subdrivers are going to be reused by multiple
devices. I'll consider that.
Johan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-05-09 8:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-05-06 15:08 [PATCH 00/13] arm64: dts: qcom: sc8280xp-x13s: enable pm8008 camera pmic Johan Hovold
2024-05-06 15:08 ` [PATCH 01/13] dt-bindings: mfd: pm8008: add reset gpio Johan Hovold
2024-05-07 6:38 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2024-05-08 21:39 ` Stephen Boyd
2024-05-27 13:32 ` Linus Walleij
2024-05-06 15:08 ` [PATCH 02/13] mfd: pm8008: fix regmap irq chip initialisation Johan Hovold
2024-05-06 18:56 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-05-07 15:01 ` Johan Hovold
2024-05-07 17:16 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-05-09 8:49 ` Johan Hovold
2024-05-09 13:26 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-05-06 15:08 ` [PATCH 03/13] mfd: pm8008: deassert reset on probe Johan Hovold
2024-05-06 18:57 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-05-07 15:15 ` Johan Hovold
2024-05-08 16:12 ` Bryan O'Donoghue
2024-05-09 9:31 ` Johan Hovold
2024-05-29 16:17 ` Johan Hovold
2024-05-29 18:52 ` Bryan O'Donoghue
2024-05-27 13:39 ` Linus Walleij
2024-05-06 15:08 ` [PATCH 04/13] mfd: pm8008: mark regmap structures as const Johan Hovold
2024-05-08 17:37 ` Bryan O'Donoghue
2024-05-08 22:03 ` Stephen Boyd
2024-05-06 15:08 ` [PATCH 05/13] mfd: pm8008: use lower case hex notation Johan Hovold
2024-05-08 17:38 ` Bryan O'Donoghue
2024-05-08 22:03 ` Stephen Boyd
2024-05-06 15:08 ` [PATCH 06/13] mfd: pm8008: rename irq chip Johan Hovold
2024-05-08 17:38 ` Bryan O'Donoghue
2024-05-08 22:04 ` Stephen Boyd
2024-05-06 15:08 ` [PATCH 07/13] mfd: pm8008: drop unused driver data Johan Hovold
2024-05-08 17:40 ` Bryan O'Donoghue
2024-05-08 22:05 ` Stephen Boyd
2024-05-06 15:08 ` [PATCH 08/13] dt-bindings: pinctrl: qcom,pmic-gpio: drop pm8008 Johan Hovold
2024-05-07 6:41 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2024-05-08 22:06 ` Stephen Boyd
2024-05-06 15:08 ` [PATCH 09/13] pinctrl: qcom: spmi-gpio: drop broken pm8008 support Johan Hovold
2024-05-08 17:43 ` Bryan O'Donoghue
2024-05-08 22:06 ` Stephen Boyd
2024-05-27 13:35 ` Linus Walleij
2024-05-29 16:12 ` Johan Hovold
2024-05-06 15:08 ` [PATCH 10/13] dt-bindings: mfd: pm8008: rework binding Johan Hovold
2024-05-07 6:43 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2024-05-07 15:23 ` Johan Hovold
2024-05-08 22:09 ` Stephen Boyd
2024-05-09 6:57 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2024-05-06 15:08 ` [PATCH 11/13] mfd: pm8008: rework driver Johan Hovold
2024-05-06 19:18 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-05-09 9:42 ` Johan Hovold
2024-05-10 13:15 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-05-22 6:49 ` Johan Hovold
2024-05-22 7:13 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-05-22 8:00 ` Johan Hovold
2024-05-08 17:56 ` Bryan O'Donoghue
2024-05-06 15:08 ` [PATCH 12/13] regulator: add pm8008 pmic regulator driver Johan Hovold
2024-05-06 19:09 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-05-07 15:44 ` Johan Hovold
2024-05-07 17:22 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-05-07 18:14 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2024-05-09 8:57 ` Johan Hovold [this message]
2024-05-09 10:48 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2024-05-09 12:26 ` Johan Hovold
2024-05-17 9:15 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2024-05-08 11:41 ` Mark Brown
2024-05-09 8:53 ` Johan Hovold
2024-05-09 13:24 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-05-14 13:43 ` Satya Priya Kakitapalli
2024-05-14 22:14 ` Konrad Dybcio
2024-05-29 16:04 ` Johan Hovold
2024-05-14 14:04 ` Satya Priya Kakitapalli
2024-05-14 14:18 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-05-14 15:04 ` Satya Priya Kakitapalli (Temp)
2024-05-14 16:04 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-05-07 11:48 ` Konrad Dybcio
2024-05-07 15:52 ` Johan Hovold
2024-05-08 17:55 ` Bryan O'Donoghue
2024-05-08 22:37 ` Stephen Boyd
2024-05-09 9:10 ` Johan Hovold
2024-05-29 15:55 ` Johan Hovold
2024-05-09 12:07 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-05-09 12:20 ` Johan Hovold
2024-05-06 15:08 ` [PATCH 13/13] arm64: dts: qcom: sc8280xp-x13s: enable pm8008 camera pmic Johan Hovold
2024-05-08 17:53 ` Bryan O'Donoghue
2024-05-06 20:40 ` [PATCH 00/13] " Rob Herring (Arm)
2024-05-09 8:42 ` Johan Hovold
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=ZjyQFrqHT2HBOWY6@hovoldconsulting.com \
--to=johan@kernel.org \
--cc=andersson@kernel.org \
--cc=andy.shevchenko@gmail.com \
--cc=broonie@kernel.org \
--cc=conor+dt@kernel.org \
--cc=devicetree@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=johan+linaro@kernel.org \
--cc=konrad.dybcio@linaro.org \
--cc=krzk+dt@kernel.org \
--cc=krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org \
--cc=krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org \
--cc=lee@kernel.org \
--cc=lgirdwood@gmail.com \
--cc=linus.walleij@linaro.org \
--cc=linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=quic_c_skakit@quicinc.com \
--cc=quic_gurus@quicinc.com \
--cc=robh@kernel.org \
--cc=swboyd@chromium.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for read-only IMAP folder(s) and NNTP newsgroup(s).