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SubjectRe: [PATCH] nubus: switch to dynamic root device
On Fri, 24 Apr 2026 at 12:40, Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> wrote:
> Driver core expects devices to be dynamically allocated and will, for
> example, complain loudly if a device that lacks a release function is
> ever freed.
>
> Use root_device_register() to allocate and register the root device
> instead of open coding using a static device.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
i.e. will queue in the m68k tree for v7.2.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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