The dm_remove_devices_flags() function can be used to remove devices based on
their driver flags.
+
+Error codes
+-----------
+
+Driver model tries to use errors codes in a consistent way, as follows:
+
+\-EAGAIN
+ Try later, e.g. dependencies not ready
+
+\-EINVAL
+ Invalid argument, such as `dev_read_...()` failed or any other
+ devicetree-related access. Also used when a driver method is passed an
+ argument it considers invalid or does not support.
+
+\-EIO
+ Failed to perform an I/O operation. This is used when a local device
+ (i.e. part of the SOC) does not work as expected. Use -EREMOTEIO for
+ failures to talk to a separate device, e.g. over an I2C or SPI
+ channel.
+
+\-ENODEV
+ Do not bind the device. This should not be used to indicate an
+ error probing the device or for any other purpose, lest driver model get
+ confused. Using `-ENODEV` inside a driver method makes no sense, since
+ clearly there is a device.
+
+\-ENOENT
+ Entry or object not found. This is used when a device, file or directory
+ cannot be found (e.g. when looked up by name), It can also indicate a
+ missing devicetree subnode.
+
+\-ENOMEM
+ Out of memory
+
+\-ENOSPC
+ Ran out of space (e.g. in a buffer or limited-size array)
+
+\-ENOSYS
+ Function not implemented. This is returned by uclasses where the driver does
+ not implement a particular method. It can also be returned by drivers when
+ a particular sub-method is not implemented. This is widely checked in the
+ wider code base, where a feature may or may not be compiled into U-Boot. It
+ indicates that the feature is not available, but this is often just normal
+ operation. Please do not use -ENOSUPP. If an incorrect or unknown argument
+ is provided to a method (e.g. an unknown clock ID), return -EINVAL.
+
+\-ENXIO
+ Couldn't find device/address. This is used when a device or address
+ could not be obtained or is not valid. It is often used to indicate a
+ different type of problem, if -ENOENT is already used for something else in
+ the driver.
+
+\-EPERM
+ This is -1 so some older code may use it as a generic error. This indicates
+ that an operation is not permitted, e.g. a security violation or policy
+ constraint. It is returned internally when binding devices before relocation,
+ if the device is not marked for pre-relocation use.
+
+\-EPFNOSUPPORT
+ Missing uclass. This is deliberately an uncommon error code so that it can
+ easily be distinguished. If you see this very early in U-Boot, it means that
+ a device exists with a particular uclass but the uclass does not (mostly
+ likely because it is not compiled in). Enable DEBUG in uclass.c or lists.c
+ to see which uclass ID or driver is causing the problem.
+
+\-EREMOTEIO
+ This indicates an error in talking to a peripheral over a comms link, such
+ as I2C or SPI. It might indicate that the device is not present or is not
+ responding as expected.
+
+\-ETIMEDOUT
+ Hardware access or some other operation has timed out. This is used where
+ there is an expected time of response and that was exceeded by enough of
+ a margin that there is probably something wrong.
+
+
+Less common ones:
+
+\-ECOMM
+ Not widely used, but similar to -EREMOTEIO. Can be useful as a secondary
+ error to distinguish the problem from -EREMOTEIO.
+
+\-EKEYREJECTED
+ Attempt to remove a device which does not match the removal flags. See
+ device_remove().
+
+\-EILSEQ
+ Devicetree read failure, specifically trying to read a string index which
+ does not exist, in a string-listg property
+
+\-ENOEXEC
+ Attempt to use a uclass method on a device not in that uclass. This is
+ seldom checked at present, since it is generally a programming error and a
+ waste of code space. A DEBUG-only check would be useful here.
+
+\-ENODATA
+ Devicetree read error, where a property exists but has no data associated
+ with it
+
+\-EOVERFLOW
+ Devicetree read error, where the property is longer than expected
+
+\-EPROBE_DEFER
+ Attempt to remove a non-vital device when the removal flags indicate that
+ only vital devices should be removed
+
+\-ERANGE
+ Returned by regmap functions when arguments are out of range. This can be
+ useful for disinguishing regmap errors from other errors obtained while
+ probing devices.
+
+Drivers should use the same conventions so that things function as expected.
+In particular, if a driver fails to probe, or a uclass operation fails, the
+error code is the primary way to indicate what actually happened.
+
+Printing error messages in drivers is discouraged due to code size bloat and
+since it can result in messages appearing in normal operation. For example, if
+a command tries two different devices and uses whichever one probes correctly,
+we don't want an error message displayed, even if the command itself might show
+a warning or informational message. Ideally, messages in drivers should only be
+displayed when debugging, e.g. by using log_debug() although in extreme cases
+log_warning() or log_error() may be used.
+
+Error messages can be logged using `log_msg_ret()`, so that enabling
+`CONFIG_LOG` and `CONFIG_LOG_ERROR_RETURN` shows a trace of error codes returned
+through the call stack. That can be a handy way of quickly figuring out where
+an error occurred. Get into the habit of return errors with
+`return log_msg_ret("here", ret)` instead of just `return ret`. The string
+just needs to be long enough to find in a single function, since a log record
+stores (and can print with `CONFIG_LOGF_FUNC`) the function where it was
+generated.
+
+
Data Structures
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