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From: Felipe Balbi <felipe.balbi@nokia.com>
To: "ext DebBarma, Tarun Kanti" <tarun.kanti@ti.com>
Cc: "Balbi Felipe (Nokia-MS/Helsinki)" <felipe.balbi@nokia.com>,
	Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com>,
	"linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org" <linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-omap@vger.kernel.org" <linux-omap@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ido Yariv <ido@wizery.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org"
	<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	"Chikkature Rajashekar, Madhusudhan" <madhu.cr@ti.com>,
	"Coelho Luciano (Nokia-MS/Helsinki)" <Luciano.Coelho@nokia.com>,
	"akpm@linux-foundation.org" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	San Mehat <san@google.com>,
	"Quadros Roger (Nokia-MS/Helsinki)" <roger.quadros@nokia.com>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>,
	"Pandita, Vikram" <vikram.pandita@ti.com>,
	Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@iki.fi>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/8] wireless: wl1271: add platform driver to get board data
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:21:26 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100812052126.GA23362@nokia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5A47E75E594F054BAF48C5E4FC4B92AB0324110AC7@dbde02.ent.ti.com>

Hi,

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 09:27:18PM +0200, ext DebBarma, Tarun Kanti wrote:
>Sounds perfect!
>What that means is _probe() function makes sense only for cases where 
>we have valid platform data because we are returning right at the top 
>if pdata is not valid. If this is the case I was curious to know why 
>not framework make another check for valid pdata before calling 
>_probe() instead of coming all the way to _probe() and then returning!

because pdata is completely optional. pdev OTOH isn't. Without a matched 
platform_device, your probe() won't get called.

-- 
balbi

DefectiveByDesign.org

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: felipe.balbi@nokia.com (Felipe Balbi)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 3/8] wireless: wl1271: add platform driver to get board data
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:21:26 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100812052126.GA23362@nokia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5A47E75E594F054BAF48C5E4FC4B92AB0324110AC7@dbde02.ent.ti.com>

Hi,

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 09:27:18PM +0200, ext DebBarma, Tarun Kanti wrote:
>Sounds perfect!
>What that means is _probe() function makes sense only for cases where 
>we have valid platform data because we are returning right at the top 
>if pdata is not valid. If this is the case I was curious to know why 
>not framework make another check for valid pdata before calling 
>_probe() instead of coming all the way to _probe() and then returning!

because pdata is completely optional. pdev OTOH isn't. Without a matched 
platform_device, your probe() won't get called.

-- 
balbi

DefectiveByDesign.org

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-08-12  5:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 77+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-08-11 18:21 [PATCH v4 0/8] native support for wl1271 on ZOOM Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21 ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21 ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
     [not found] ` <1281550913-17633-1-git-send-email-ohad-Ix1uc/W3ht7QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2010-08-11 18:21   ` [PATCH v4 1/8] wireless: wl1271: make wl12xx.h common to both spi and sdio Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21     ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21     ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21   ` [PATCH v4 3/8] wireless: wl1271: add platform driver to get board data Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21     ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21     ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:42     ` DebBarma, Tarun Kanti
2010-08-11 18:42       ` DebBarma, Tarun Kanti
2010-08-11 18:42       ` DebBarma, Tarun Kanti
2010-08-11 18:47       ` Felipe Balbi
2010-08-11 18:47         ` Felipe Balbi
     [not found]         ` <20100811184742.GA21778-xNZwKgViW5gAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2010-08-11 18:52           ` DebBarma, Tarun Kanti
2010-08-11 18:52             ` DebBarma, Tarun Kanti
2010-08-11 18:52             ` DebBarma, Tarun Kanti
     [not found]             ` <5A47E75E594F054BAF48C5E4FC4B92AB0324110AC1-/tLxBxkBPtCIQmiDNMet8wC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
2010-08-11 18:57               ` Felipe Balbi
2010-08-11 18:57                 ` Felipe Balbi
2010-08-11 18:57                 ` Felipe Balbi
2010-08-11 19:27                 ` DebBarma, Tarun Kanti
2010-08-11 19:27                   ` DebBarma, Tarun Kanti
     [not found]                   ` <5A47E75E594F054BAF48C5E4FC4B92AB0324110AC7-/tLxBxkBPtCIQmiDNMet8wC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
2010-08-11 21:25                     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-08-11 21:25                       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-08-11 21:25                       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-08-11 22:15                       ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 22:15                         ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-12  6:40                       ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-12  6:40                         ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
     [not found]                         ` <AANLkTikDhzGVFZhNJZic9xYX9bL_NhOW=4LS-cTFSG0i-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-08-12  9:55                           ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-08-12  9:55                             ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-08-12  9:55                             ` Russell King - ARM Linux
     [not found]                             ` <20100812095546.GA3354-l+eeeJia6m9vn6HldHNs0ANdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2010-08-13  0:01                               ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-13  0:01                                 ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-13  0:01                                 ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-16  4:21                       ` DebBarma, Tarun Kanti
2010-08-16  4:21                         ` DebBarma, Tarun Kanti
2010-08-12  5:21                   ` Felipe Balbi [this message]
2010-08-12  5:21                     ` Felipe Balbi
2010-08-11 21:21               ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-08-11 21:21                 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-08-11 21:21                 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-08-11 20:10         ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 20:10           ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 20:10           ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 21:34           ` Vitaly Wool
2010-08-11 21:34             ` Vitaly Wool
2010-08-11 21:34             ` Vitaly Wool
2010-08-11 22:18             ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 22:18               ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 22:18               ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-12  5:27           ` Felipe Balbi
2010-08-12  5:27             ` Felipe Balbi
2010-08-11 18:21   ` [PATCH v4 5/8] wireless: wl1271: make ref_clock configurable by board Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21     ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21     ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21 ` [PATCH v4 2/8] wireless: wl1271: support return value for the set power func Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21   ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21   ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:35   ` DebBarma, Tarun Kanti
2010-08-11 18:35   ` DebBarma, Tarun Kanti
2010-08-11 18:35     ` DebBarma, Tarun Kanti
2010-08-11 18:35     ` DebBarma, Tarun Kanti
2010-08-11 22:19     ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 22:19       ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21 ` [PATCH v4 4/8] wireless: wl1271: take irq info from private board data Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21   ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21   ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21 ` [PATCH v4 6/8] omap: hsmmc: remove unused variable Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21   ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21   ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21 ` [PATCH v4 7/8] omap: zoom: add fixed regulator device for wlan Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21   ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21   ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21 ` [PATCH v4 8/8] omap: zoom: add mmc3/wl1271 device support Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21   ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-08-11 18:21   ` Ohad Ben-Cohen

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