linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Prefer async probe

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Date:   Sun, 2 Oct 2022 00:56:52 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>
To:     Mani Milani <mani@...omium.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Prefer async probe

On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 05:44:30PM +1000, Mani Milani wrote:
> This i801 driver probe can take more than ~190ms in some devices, since
> the "i2c_register_spd()" call was added inside
> "i801_probe_optional_slaves()".
> 
> Prefer async probe so that other drivers can be probed and boot can
> continue in parallel while this driver loads, to reduce boot time. There is
> no reason to block other drivers from probing while this driver is
> loading.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mani Milani <mani@...omium.org>

Applied to for-next, thanks!


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