Virtualization - Jul 2021 - [PATCH 2/5] virtio_mmio: Bind virtio device to device-tree node

On 13-07-21, 14:26, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 12:51 PM Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar at
linaro.org> wrote:
> >
> > Bind the virtio device with its device protocol's sub-node. This
will
> > help users of the virtio device to mention their dependencies on the
> > device in the DT file itself. Like GPIO pin users can use the phandle
of
> > the device node, or the node may contain more subnodes to add i2c or
spi
> > eeproms and other users.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar at linaro.org>
> > ---
> >  drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.c | 44
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 44 insertions(+)
> 
> Hi Viresh,
> 
> I don't see anything in this patch that is specific to virtio-mmio, as
> opposed to
> virtio-pci. It would be better to move this into the virtio core code so it
can
> be called independently of the transport that is used for virtio.
> 
> The PCI code has similar code that will set vdev->dev.parent->of_node
> for a virtio-pci device, as long as that node is present.
Sure.
-- 
viresh