linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] SH/Dreamcast - fix regressions, whitespace and memory leaks in Maple Bus driver

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Date:	Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:09:20 +0000
From:	Adrian McMenamin <adrian@...golddream.dyndns.info>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	linux-sh <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SH/Dreamcast - fix regressions, whitespace and memory
	leaks in Maple Bus driver


On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 22:37 +0000, Adrian McMenamin wrote:

> 
> The hardware is very flaky. If I add in delays to the bus start, it will
> detect the devices, but it's not brilliant. Registering an empty device
> got round that problem, at the price of testing for the earlier
> registration.
> 


I have found if I push it (and drivers) further down the initcall
hierarchy that problem is less significant and the hardware seems to be
properly detected.

I'll look to post a clean up series of patches in the next few days.

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