linux-kernel - Re: [patch/RFC 2.6.18-rc] platform_device

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Date:	Sun, 3 Sep 2006 21:34:29 -0400
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...ightbb.com>
To:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Russell King <rmk@....linux.org.uk>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: [patch/RFC 2.6.18-rc] platform_device_probe(), to conserve memory

On Sunday 03 September 2006 21:23, David Brownell wrote:
> This defines a new platform_driver_probe() method allowing the driver's
> probe() method, and its support code+data, to safely live in __init
> sections for common system configurations.
> 

If you do this you also need to kill drivers bind/unbind attributes
to show that dynamic [un]binding is not supported.

-- 
Dmitry

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