linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rtc: Make rtc-ds1742 driver hotplug-aware

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Date:	Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:02:04 -0700
From:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
To:	Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp>
Cc:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>, jengelh@...putergmbh.de,
	a.zummo@...ertech.it, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rtc-linux@...glegroups.com, greg@...ah.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc: Make rtc-ds1742 driver hotplug-aware

On Sunday 19 August 2007, David Brownell wrote:
> On Sunday 19 August 2007, Kay Sievers wrote:
> > No, I object to the concept of "platform" to disable all uevents by
> > default, 
> 
> Which it certainly doesn't do.
>
> Since the $SUBJECT patch doesn't affect a platform driver in any case,
> all those comments are well off-topic for $SUBJECT.

Sorry, my bad -- I was looking at the wrong files.
(Kay -- apply cluebat to *my* head, on this point.)

This is indeed a platform driver.  And v2 of this patch
doesn't resolve its "won't hotplug" problem.  The simplest
way to resolve that would be switching to the more widely
used platform_device_register().



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