linux-kernel - Re: [resend][PATCH 01/16] dw_dmac: call .probe after we have a device in place

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Message-ID: <CAKohpo=8PKk0VF3tpZLNYseHMv7dF-qg9iwKcC+VmPtb_8kzjg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:04:53 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>
Cc:	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.jf.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, spear-devel <spear-devel@...t.st.com>
Subject: Re: [resend][PATCH 01/16] dw_dmac: call .probe after we have a device
 in place

On 9 January 2013 21:08, Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com> wrote:
>> >>  subsys_initcall(dw_init);
> Viresh, Linus
>
> We had this discussion sometime back. pl022 use dma and we need DMA before SPI.
> So if we have pl022 as late_init and dma as device_init. If we have one  more
> dependency then moving dw_dmac to fs_init should help too. But arch/subsys seems
> overkill here?

We probably can't make spi late_init as they may be others waiting for
it to be in. And
so did subsys_init for dma. fs is for filesystem? then that may not be
logically correct too.

What's the problem you are seeing here with subsys_init?
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