linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] amba: Defer device peripheral ID read

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Message-ID: <20160411150130.GL19428@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 11 Apr 2016 16:01:31 +0100
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@...aro.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, iivanov.xz@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] amba: Defer device peripheral ID read

On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 05:58:35PM +0300, Georgi Djakov wrote:
> From: "Ivan T. Ivanov" <ivan.ivanov@...aro.org>
> 
> To be able to read peripheral ID during device create time
> bus code have turn on device interface clock, but this
> clock could be unavailable at this time. Fix this by defer
> device ID read until driver match time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ivan T. Ivanov <ivan.ivanov@...aro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@...aro.org>

Can't do this.  See comments on previous similar patches trying to do the
very same thing.  (Sorry, I don't have time to provide a fuller reply,
especially given that there's already a fuller reply in the last two
months of mailing list archives.)

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