linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mfd: mt6397: convert to arch

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Date:	Mon, 11 Jan 2016 05:49:32 +0000
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Henry Chen <henryc.chen@...iatek.com>
Cc:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
	Flora Fu <flora.fu@...iatek.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mfd: mt6397: convert to arch_initcall

On Wed, 23 Dec 2015, Henry Chen wrote:

> Since pinctrl or regulator of mt6396 need to initialize earlier to avoid
> probe deferring, also change the core driver to arch_init.

This is exactly what deferring probe was designed for; so that you
don't have to mess around with initcall ordering.

> Signed-off-by: Henry Chen <henryc.chen@...iatek.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/mt6397-core.c | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/mt6397-core.c b/drivers/mfd/mt6397-core.c
> index 1749c1c..af98b4b 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/mt6397-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/mt6397-core.c
> @@ -285,7 +285,11 @@ static struct platform_driver mt6397_driver = {
>  	},
>  };
>  
> -module_platform_driver(mt6397_driver);
> +static int __init mt6397_core_init(void)
> +{
> +	return platform_driver_register(&mt6397_driver);
> +}
> +arch_initcall(mt6397_core_init);
>  
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Flora Fu, MediaTek");
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for MediaTek MT6397 PMIC");

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