linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] register orion_nand using platform_driver

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Date:	Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:17:39 +0200
From:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:	Nicolas Pitre <nico@...vell.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Lennert Buijtenhek <buytenh@...vell.com>,
	Saeed Bishara <saeed@...vell.com>,
	Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	"linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] register orion_nand using platform_driver_probe

Hi Nicolas,

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 06:26:50PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Jul 2009, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> 
> > orion_nand_probe lives in .init.text, so using platform_driver_register
> > to register it is wrong because binding a device after the init memory
> > is discarded (e.g. via sysfs) results in an oops.
> > 
> > As requested by Nicolas Pitre platform_driver_probe is used instead of
> > moving the probe function to .devinit.text as proposed initially.
> > This saves some memory, but devices registered after the driver is
> > probed are not bound (probably there are none) and binding via sysfs
> > isn't possible.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
> > Cc: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@...vell.com>
> > Cc: Saeed Bishara <saeed@...vell.com>
> > Cc: Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>
> > Cc: Nicolas Pitre <nico@...vell.com>
> > Cc: Tzachi Perelstein <tzachi@...vell.com>
> > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> > Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
> > Cc: linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
> 
> Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@...vell.com>
Did you test if all devices bind as expected?
 
> Thanks.  BTW Tzachi's email address is no longer valid.
Yes, I got a mail from Marvell's mailer daemon stating the same.  :-)

Best regards
Uwe

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