linux-kernel - Re: spi: OF module autoloading is still broken

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Date:	Mon, 16 Nov 2015 15:00:23 -0300
From:	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: spi: OF module autoloading is still broken

Hello Mark,

On 11/16/2015 02:51 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 02:26:49PM -0300, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>> On 11/16/2015 10:53 AM, Mark Brown wrote:
> 
>>> What I don't really understand here is why we've decided to push all
>>> this stuff into the subsystems, it seems like if we're managing to do
>>> the matching based on the compatible we really ought to be able to have
>>> the core figure out the uevents for us too.  I need to go have a look at
>>> that...
> 
>> There is already a set of generic OF uevents that are reported by the core
>> but IIUC those are not used by udev. Please take a look to of_device_uevent()
>> in drivers/of/device.c and dev_uevent() that calls it in drivers/base/core.c.
> 
> I know what the current situation is, my point is that I don't
> understand why we would choose to do that ("What I don't really
> understand here...").
> 

Got it, sorry for misunderstanding you. I also don't know the answer FWIW.

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America
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