Re: [PATCH net-next v1 2/2] net: dsa: realtek: rtl83xx: add support for enabling supplies

Ahmad Fatoum <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-devicetree,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello,

On 8/7/26 9:10 AM, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 07, 2026 at 08:51:53AM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2026 at 6:26 AM Oleksij Rempel <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Aug 06, 2026 at 07:40:29PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2026 at 5:56 PM Ahmad Fatoum <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> [Andrew says]
>>>>> So devm_regulator_bulk_get() is already the "optional" variant, but it causes
>>>>> all existing users to get dummy supply warnings.
>>>>
>>>> So is this a big problem? Does it cause any other issues than
>>>> dmesg noise?
>>>
>>> As tested with local sashiko setup, new warnings for existing system
>>> without good reason will be reported as regression, so it will be
>>> blocker for net-next inclusion.
>>
>> Strong reverse centaur (*) warning on this one.
>>
>> I'm not sure this is how Mark want such "regressions" to be treated.
>>
>> I think a few dummy supplies is just fine and it's rather that Sashiko
>> need to be taught not to treat that as bugs/regressions.
>>
>> Yours,
>> Linus Walleij
>>
>> (*) Reverse centaur = humans touted to please AI, as opposed
>> to AI helping humans, sarcastic term coined by author Cory Doctorow.
> 
> Without context, I would fully agree with this statement. But as some
> one who need to adders new warnings on every kernel update for our
> customers, I see the point of sashiko - new unnecessary warning
> is extra unnecessary work for some one else == regression.

I also think we shouldn't dump 6 new warnings on other users if their
setup is working ok.

Cheers,
Ahmad

> 

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