Re: [PATCH] PCI: iproc: Use pci_alloc_host_bridge() on BCMA

[Bjorn Helgaas]

On Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 10:27:54PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2026, at 20:36, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 09:02:23PM +0300, Semih Baskan wrote:
> >> On Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 10:59:29AM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> >
> > Then it seems like we should remove the "brcm,iproc-pcie" compatible
> > from DTs for platforms where bcma can enumerate it via EROM.  Those
> > platforms can enable CONFIG_PCIE_IPROC_BCMA.  They still need the PCIe
> > controller node in DT so they can use the wifi nodes below it, but if
> > there's no "brcm,iproc-pcie" compatible, pcie-iproc-platform shouldn't
> > do anything.
> >
> > Arnd, Rafał, jump in if I'm in the weeds here.
> 
> It feels wrong to me to change the devicetee file when that arguably
> describes the device correctly, and we still need the node for the
> bcma bus probe in the end.

I don't think pcie-iproc-bcma.c needs anything from DT at all.
Everything it needs is in EROM.

Some PCI drivers, e.g., wifi, need DT nodes, and I think those need to
be enclosed in a node for the PCI host controller, but
pcie-iproc-bcma.c itself doesn't care.

Bjorn