From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754315AbbIXXIB (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Sep 2015 19:08:01 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:54892 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752997AbbIXXH7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Sep 2015 19:07:59 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 16:07:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20150924.160757.907239258265499481.davem@davemloft.net> To: ddaney@caviumnetworks.com Cc: ddaney.cavm@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, robh+dt@kernel.org, pawel.moll@arm.com, mark.rutland@arm.com, ijc+devicetree@hellion.org.uk, galak@codeaurora.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, f.fainelli@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, david.daney@cavium.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: mdio-octeon: Add PCI driver binding. From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <56047F26.9070305@caviumnetworks.com> References: <56047D15.9080105@caviumnetworks.com> <20150924.155004.109163182451628208.davem@davemloft.net> <56047F26.9070305@caviumnetworks.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.7 on Emacs 24.5 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Thu, 24 Sep 2015 16:07:58 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: David Daney Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:54:30 -0700 > On 09/24/2015 03:50 PM, David Miller wrote: >> From: David Daney >> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:45:41 -0700 >> >>> 2) The OF device tree nodes for PCI devices do not result in the >>> creation of a platform device. >> >> But they are created for the children right? And that's the one >> you need them for probing. >> >> I'm still not convinced, sorry. >> > > Let's let this topic rest for a few days. My original patch was > defective, so it cannot be merged. I will sleep on this, try a few > things and perhaps revisit it if I still think it is advisable. Ok.