[PATCH v1] misc: qcom-geni: add DM_FLAG_PRE_RELOC to geni-se-qup driver

[Casey Connolly]

On 24/05/2026 07:03, Gurumoorthy Santhakumar wrote:
> The GENI SE QUP wrapper driver (geni-se-qup) needs to be bound during
> pre-relocation to allow its child devices (such as the debug UART) to
> be discovered and probed before relocation.
> 
> Without DM_FLAG_PRE_RELOC, the qupv3 device is skipped during the
> pre-relocation DM scan, which prevents early serial devices from
> being bound. This causes serial_find_console_or_panic() to fail with
> "No serial driver found" during serial_init().
> 
> Add DM_FLAG_PRE_RELOC to the geni_se_qup driver so that the GENI SE
> QUP wrapper and its children are bound during pre-relocation, enabling
> the serial console to be initialized correctly.

This is a non-issue if you correctly set /chosen/stdout-path in your
DTB. I'd rather minimise the devices we probe pre-reloc and skip this
whole dance which we will do once we get
https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/20260401-casey-ccf-compat-v2-2-414d5b7f040b@linaro.org/

Kind regards,

> 
> Signed-off-by: Gurumoorthy Santhakumar <gurumoorthy.snthakumar at oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---
>  drivers/misc/qcom_geni.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/qcom_geni.c b/drivers/misc/qcom_geni.c
> index a62ae6a2478..cbad7bd3bd2 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/qcom_geni.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/qcom_geni.c
> @@ -576,5 +576,5 @@ U_BOOT_DRIVER(geni_se_qup) = {
>  	.of_match = geni_ids,
>  	.of_to_plat = geni_se_of_to_plat,
>  	.plat_auto = sizeof(struct geni_se_plat),
> -	.flags = DM_FLAG_DEFAULT_PD_CTRL_OFF,
> +	.flags = DM_FLAG_PRE_RELOC | DM_FLAG_DEFAULT_PD_CTRL_OFF,
>  };

-- 
// Casey (she/her)