[RFC v2 00/16] Device unplug and bus cleanup refactoring for NXP

[David Marchand]

Hello Hemant,

On Thu, 17 Sept 2026 at 09:49, David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com> wrote:
> This is a followup to the refactoring started in 26.07.
>
> I took some time with my best AI friend to cleanup DPAA and FSLMC bus
> drivers.
>
> Like the last time, only compilation has been checked.
> I have no hardware to test runtime.
>
> One thing that could be broken is either the order of devices
> initialisation, or bugs in the device filtering that I tried to
> simplify.
>
> I went with the approach of splitting the device list between
> internal bus object (that I called "control" devices, maybe a better
> name can be found), and normal bus device object for which DPDK has a
> driver.
>
> I think it is worth testing and fixing, as it will make the two NXP
> bus drivers similar to other bus drivers (but keep the special IO devices
> handling internal to the FSLMC bus for example).

Could I get a round of tests? Or should I just sent a non RFC series?

I see potential conflicts with other series coming from NXP.
I think it is worth getting this cleanup in, to limit the number of
special cases for those two bus drivers when compared to other buses.


-- 
David Marchand