linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] USB: Add driver for NXP ISP1301 USB transceiver

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Message-ID: <4F8C3D72.8040307@antcom.de>
Date:	Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:40:34 +0200
From:	Roland Stigge <stigge@...com.de>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kevin.wells@....com,
	srinivas.bakki@....com, stern@...land.harvard.edu,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] USB: Add driver for NXP ISP1301 USB transceiver

On 04/16/2012 04:14 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> This driver needs to be probe()d before the respective USB driver using it. For
>> modules, this is handled via the module dependency. When linking statically, it
>> is done via linking order in the Makefile (misc/ before host/ and the gadget/).
> 
> You can easily avoid the link order restriction now by returning -EPROBE_DEFER
> from the probe function of the device that needs this one.

That's exactly what I was looking for! :-)

Same for the phandle idea.

Will include the resp. changes in the next update

Thanks,

Roland
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