netdev - Re: [PATCH] TI DaVinci EMAC: delay DaVinci EMAC initialization

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Date:	Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:21:46 +0300
From:	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...prootsystems.com>
To:	Sudhakar Rajashekhara <sudhakar.raj@...com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	davinci-linux-open-source@...ux.davincidsp.com, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] TI DaVinci EMAC: delay DaVinci EMAC initialization

Sudhakar Rajashekhara <sudhakar.raj@...com> writes:

> On TI's DA850/OMAP-L138 EVM, MAC address is stored in SPI
> flash which is accessed using MTD interface.
>
> This patch delays the initialization of DaVinci EMAC driver
> by changing module_init to late_initcall. This helps SPI and
> MTD drivers to get initialized before EMAC thereby enabling
> EMAC driver to read the MAC address while booting and use it.
>
> Tested with NFS on DM644x, DM6467, DA830/OMAP-L137 and
> DA850/OMAP-L138 EVMs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sudhakar Rajashekhara <sudhakar.raj@...com>
> Reviewed-by: Chaithrika U S <chaithrika@...com>

Signed-off-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@...prootsystems.com>

> ---
>  drivers/net/davinci_emac.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c b/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
> index 12fd446..5e6652b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
> @@ -2817,7 +2817,7 @@ static int __init davinci_emac_init(void)
>  {
>  	return platform_driver_register(&davinci_emac_driver);
>  }
> -module_init(davinci_emac_init);
> +late_initcall(davinci_emac_init);
>  
>  /**
>   * davinci_emac_exit: EMAC driver module exit
> -- 
> 1.5.6
>
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