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

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Message-Id: <20090829.002045.43954116.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:20:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sudhakar.raj@...com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, chaithrika@...com, anantgole@...com,
	davinci-linux-open-source@...ux.davincidsp.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] TI DaVinci EMAC: delay DaVinci EMAC initialization

From: Sudhakar Rajashekhara <sudhakar.raj@...com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:39:55 -0400

> 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>

Applied to net-next-2.6, thanks.
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