linux-kernel - Re: Controlling Driver Load Order

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Message-ID: <20100527210112.GA5636@pengutronix.de>
Date:	Thu, 27 May 2010 23:01:12 +0200
From:	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>
To:	Robert Emanuele <rob@...nuele.us>
Cc:	Linus Walleij <linus.ml.walleij@...il.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Controlling Driver Load Order

> Anyway, I better understand the subsys_initcall now and applied that
> to the i2c-gpio and my i2c chip driver.  That worked perfectly for my

With chip-driver you mean the PMIC? Yes, that is probably needed there, too.
Which driver is it?

> issue.  I'd be happy to return a patch of this.  Would be this the
> sort of thing that would benefit from a config option?  Something

Nope, there is no bigger drawback to this and probably a number of useres
wouldn't know what to select here. Just patch the module_init() away.

Kind regards,

   Wolfram

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