linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] driver core: Disable late probes by default

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Date:	Tue, 20 Oct 2015 09:40:48 +0200
From:	Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso@...labora.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver core: Disable late probes by default

On 19 October 2015 at 17:19, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 05:13:22PM +0200, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
>> To smooth the transition to late probes, make disabled the default for
>> DELAY_DEVICE_PROBES and let individual SoCs enable the option as they
>> get fixed.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso@...labora.com>
>> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/g/20151016181129.GA1764@gradator.net
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Hi Rob,
>>
>> I'm sending this in case you think it would be best to leave the
>> on-demand probe series in -next for now but have late probes disabled to
>> avoid hassle to some people.
>
> I would like Rob to just drop this series please, I don't agree with it
> at all at the moment.

Hi Greg,

is it the case that you are satisfied with deferred probes as a way of
ordering device probing and that I should look at how to solve my
problem by improving it?

Thanks,

Tomeu

> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
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