linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] serial: Hack up 8520.c for evil device tree hookin.

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Message-ID: <20110317014611.67d360b5@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:46:11 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com>
Cc:	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...e.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	grant.likely@...retlab.ca
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] serial: Hack up 8520.c for evil device tree
 hookin.

> is correct.  When I put the code in my board's serial.c file, I am not
> so lucky.  To get the initialization order correct, I add a notifier
> chain to 8250.c

Can't you use a late_initcall ? or indeed we could make the 8250 core
functionality only init first ?

Alan
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