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

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Message-Id: <20070820.111654.63743265.nemoto@toshiba-tops.co.jp>
Date:	Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:16:54 +0900 (JST)
From:	Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp>
To:	david-b@...bell.net
Cc:	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 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:02:04 -0700, David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net> wrote:
> 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().

Yes, if the current in-tree users (JMR3927 and RBTX4927 board) really
wanted to hotplug this driver.  And I believe they won't :-)

I just want to fix a potential problem in rtc-ds1742 driver for
someone who want to hotplug it.  That's all.

---
Atsushi Nemoto
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