linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 1/2] cpufreq: Add Kryo CPU scaling driver

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Message-ID: <CAKohpo=V_7a3-gDr0qoH=uPnH3+=SNGtgFWPzSU7U61uKqsHyg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 23 May 2018 17:21:00 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Ilia Lin <ilialin@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        Viresh Kumar <vireshk@...nel.org>, Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        "linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 1/2] cpufreq: Add Kryo CPU scaling driver

On 23 May 2018 at 17:17,  <ilialin@...eaurora.org> wrote:
> The nvmem will return EPROBE_DEFER, and so will my driver's init. But then no one will call the init again.

So even your driver needs to be registered as a platform driver then
and you can create its device
from the init function, and add a comment on why you create the
platform device in the driver itself.

--
viresh