Re: [PATCH v24 04/12] mfd: psci-mfd: Add PSCI MFD driver for cpuidle-psci-domain cell

On Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:38:41 +0200, Lee Jones <[email protected]> said:
> On Mon, 03 Aug 2026, Shivendra Pratap wrote:
>
>> PSCI has multiple kernel consumers, such as cpuidle-psci-domain.
>> Currently, both the PSCI core driver and cpuidle-psci-domain bind
>> directly to the same PSCI node "arm,psci-1.0". Additional consumers, if
>> introduced, would also need to bind in the same way, leading to several
>> drivers attached to a single device node.
>>
>> Introduce a PSCI MFD driver that binds to "arm,psci-1.0" and registers
>> PSCI child cells. As the first user, register cpuidle-psci-domain as a
>> child cell.
>>
>> Update cpuidle-psci-domain to probe as an MFD child and use the parent
>> PSCI node for power-domain traversal.
>>
>> Suggested-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <[email protected]>
>> Reviewed-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <[email protected]>
>> Signed-off-by: Shivendra Pratap <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>  MAINTAINERS                           |  1 +
>>  drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig.arm           |  1 +
>>  drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-psci-domain.c |  9 +-------
>>  drivers/mfd/Kconfig                   | 12 ++++++++++
>>  drivers/mfd/Makefile                  |  2 ++
>>  drivers/mfd/psci-mfd.c                | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> We don't usually allow the use of the term MFD in devices.
>
> What does this do?  Is it a mux?  psci-mux?
>
> If not, think about what it is and call it that instead.
>

My two cents: I'd call it drivers/mfd/arm-psci.c

Bartosz