linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] spi: mpc512x_psc_spi: move probe-routine to _

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Message-ID: <AANLkTikP9CiUXda0ENwNKfviAE6oDVqXwDUKgj8zvpGr@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:27:22 -0700
From:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
To:	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	devicetree-discuss@...abs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] spi: mpc512x_psc_spi: move probe-routine to __init

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de> wrote:
> Since of_probe_platform_driver(), this SoC-device can be moved from
> __devinit to __init because it is not hotpluggable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>

I really wouldn't bother.  You're counting pennies when the kernel
uses upwards of 4 megabytes for .text alone, and I don't like fiddling
with the driver model the way platform_bus_probe() does.

g.
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