Re: [PATCH v2] mfd: core: Preserve OF node when ACPI handle is present

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>]

On Fri, Mar 06, 2026 at 01:38:06PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Feb 2026, Brian Mak wrote:

...

> > +	/*
> > +	 * FIXME: The fwnode design doesn't allow proper stacking/sharing. This
> 
> So when will this be fixed exactly?

I don't know, it's a huge task that requires of redesigning how struct
fwnode_handle looks like and how it cohabits with struct device. Do you
you think that NOTE will be more appropriate, because it may span several
releases.

> > +	 * should eventually turn into a device fwnode API call that will allow
> > +	 * prepending to a list of fwnodes (with ACPI taking precedence).
> > +	 *
> > +	 * set_primary_fwnode() is used here, instead of device_set_node(), as
> > +	 * device_set_node() will overwrite the existing fwnode, which may be an
> > +	 * OF node that was populated earlier. To support a use case where ACPI
> > +	 * and OF is used in conjunction, we call set_primary_fwnode() instead.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (adev)
> > +		set_primary_fwnode(&pdev->dev, acpi_fwnode_handle(adev));
> > +	else
> > +		set_primary_fwnode(&pdev->dev, acpi_fwnode_handle(parent));
> >  }

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko