linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V6 Resend 00/13] drivers: Boot Constraint core

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Message-ID: <20180212071034.GP28462@vireshk-i7>
Date:   Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:40:34 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
        Rajendra Nayak <rnayak@...eaurora.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "moderated list:ARM/FREESCALE IMX / MXC ARM ARCHITECTURE" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>,
        Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
        Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de>,
        Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
        Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@....com>,
        Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>, Wei Xu <xuwei5@...ilicon.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 Resend 00/13] drivers: Boot Constraint core

On 25-01-18, 16:31, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> So AFAICT the basic problem I was trying to solve still exists with simple-fb
> as well. And the problem is that nothing prevents another driver to get probed
> before the display driver (or simple-fb) and reconfigure the resources. Even if
> we let simple-fb come up really early, the resources like clk/regulator may not
> be available. And so the ordering thing is still unsolved for me.

Ping !!

I understand your concerns Rob, they are surely genuine and I can't
deny that. But I don't see a cleaner "way" (Or "Hack", if you want to
call it that way), to solve these ugly problems.

-- 
viresh