driver core: fw_devlink: Add support for FWNODE_FLAG_NEEDS_CHILD_BOUND_ON_ADD

If a parent device is also a supplier to a child device, fw_devlink=on by
design delays the probe() of the child device until the probe() of the
parent finishes successfully.

However, some drivers of such parent devices (where parent is also a
supplier) expect the child device to finish probing successfully as soon as
they are added using device_add() and before the probe() of the parent
device has completed successfully. One example of such a case is discussed
in the link mentioned below.

Add a flag to make fw_devlink=on not enforce these supplier-consumer
relationships, so these drivers can continue working.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CAGETcx_uj0V4DChME-gy5HGKTYnxLBX=TH2rag29f_p=UcG+Tg@mail.gmail.com/
Fixes: ea718c699055 ("Revert "Revert "driver core: Set fw_devlink=on by default""")
Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210915170940.617415-3-saravanak@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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