linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/73] powerpc: use device_initcall for registering rtc devices

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Date:	Tue, 21 Jan 2014 21:26:52 -0500
From:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To:	Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/73] powerpc: use device_initcall for registering rtc devices

On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 6:48 PM, Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org> wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> On Tue, 2014-01-21 at 16:22 -0500, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
>> Currently these two RTC devices are in core platform code
>> where it is not possible for them to be modular.  It will
>> never be modular, so using module_init as an alias for
>> __initcall can be somewhat misleading.
>>
>>  arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c        | 2 +-
>>  arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/time.c | 3 +--
>>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> I tested the PS3 part of this patch and it seems to work OK.
>
> Acked-by: Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>

Thanks Geoff for the review and testing; I'll add the ack.

Paul.
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