linux-kernel - Re: Controlling Driver Load Order

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Message-ID: <AANLkTilhiNOPrM8am1GcJUv3izmRVTYr3gNaSTNKFTUK@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 26 May 2010 23:04:48 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.ml.walleij@...il.com>
To:	Robert Emanuele <rob@...nuele.us>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Controlling Driver Load Order

2010/5/26 Linus Walleij <linus.ml.walleij@...il.com>:
> 2010/5/26 Robert Emanuele <rob@...nuele.us>:
>
>> On my at91sam9g45 platform I need my i2c drivers to load before the
>> framebuffer driver.  The i2c drivers control a power management IC
>> which is needed to enable the graphics controller.
>>
>> Is there a way to set up that order?
>
> The usual trick (which you can find in a lot of other I2C busses) is to use
> a core_initcall() instead of module_init().

No, sorry that will probably not work.

I meant subsystem_initcall().

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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