linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 8/9] pinctrl: abx500: Rejiggle platform data and DT initialisation

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Date:	Tue, 14 May 2013 13:09:05 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Linus WALLEIJ <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>,
	Srinidhi KASAGAR <srinidhi.kasagar@...ricsson.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/9] pinctrl: abx500: Rejiggle platform data and DT initialisation

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org> wrote:

>> I'm happy to apply it but what do I write in the commit message?
>
> Platform Data is invariably populated for this driver, even when
> booting with Device Tree. Thus the Device Tree probing code encased
> within the first check for Platform Data will never executed, causing
> the driver to fail when DT is enabled.
>
> This patch fixes the aforementioned regression by rejigging the
> probe() semantics to attempt to extract a platform ID from Device Tree
> if one can not be sourced from platform data.

Thanks!
Copy/pasted into commit message and applied to fixes.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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