From: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc: Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@gmail.com>,
dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com, srk@ti.com, khilman@ti.com,
chinyeow.sim.xt@renesas.com, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org,
tony@atomide.com, nsekhar@ti.com, linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org,
linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: tca6416-keypad: Change to module_init()
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:33:07 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110322143307.GB24004@linux-sh.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110322142855.GB2202@sirena.org.uk>
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 02:28:55PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 11:26:19PM +0900, Magnus Damm wrote:
>
> > The tca6416 driver makes use of the I2C bus for chatting
> > with the actual hardware device. Without this patch both
> > the I2C bus driver and the tca6416 driver are initialized
> > at the subsys_initcall() level. This may lead to problems
> > with the tca6416 driver being initialized before the I2C
> > bus driver.
>
> While this change seems reasonable I'm curious what the problems caused
> by out of order registration are?
I'm also curious as to why link order isn't a sufficient gaurantee like
it is for everyone else?
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: tca6416-keypad: Change to module_init()
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:33:07 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110322143307.GB24004@linux-sh.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110322142855.GB2202@sirena.org.uk>
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 02:28:55PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 11:26:19PM +0900, Magnus Damm wrote:
>
> > The tca6416 driver makes use of the I2C bus for chatting
> > with the actual hardware device. Without this patch both
> > the I2C bus driver and the tca6416 driver are initialized
> > at the subsys_initcall() level. This may lead to problems
> > with the tca6416 driver being initialized before the I2C
> > bus driver.
>
> While this change seems reasonable I'm curious what the problems caused
> by out of order registration are?
I'm also curious as to why link order isn't a sufficient gaurantee like
it is for everyone else?
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: lethal@linux-sh.org (Paul Mundt)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] Input: tca6416-keypad: Change to module_init()
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:33:07 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110322143307.GB24004@linux-sh.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110322142855.GB2202@sirena.org.uk>
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 02:28:55PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 11:26:19PM +0900, Magnus Damm wrote:
>
> > The tca6416 driver makes use of the I2C bus for chatting
> > with the actual hardware device. Without this patch both
> > the I2C bus driver and the tca6416 driver are initialized
> > at the subsys_initcall() level. This may lead to problems
> > with the tca6416 driver being initialized before the I2C
> > bus driver.
>
> While this change seems reasonable I'm curious what the problems caused
> by out of order registration are?
I'm also curious as to why link order isn't a sufficient gaurantee like
it is for everyone else?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-22 14:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-22 14:26 [PATCH] Input: tca6416-keypad: Change to module_init() Magnus Damm
2011-03-22 14:26 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-22 14:26 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-22 14:28 ` Mark Brown
2011-03-22 14:28 ` Mark Brown
2011-03-22 14:28 ` Mark Brown
2011-03-22 14:33 ` Paul Mundt [this message]
2011-03-22 14:33 ` Paul Mundt
2011-03-22 14:33 ` Paul Mundt
2011-03-22 15:22 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-22 15:22 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-22 15:22 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-22 15:32 ` Paul Mundt
2011-03-22 15:32 ` Paul Mundt
2011-03-22 15:32 ` Paul Mundt
2011-03-22 15:43 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-22 15:43 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-22 15:43 ` Magnus Damm
[not found] ` <AANLkTimyxdcJ-eEke9x7X1zdiJNbFtncfv0=NzKjtAme-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-22 15:57 ` Paul Mundt
2011-03-22 15:57 ` Paul Mundt
2011-03-22 15:57 ` Paul Mundt
2011-03-22 16:20 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-22 16:20 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-22 16:20 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-22 16:31 ` Mark Brown
2011-03-22 16:31 ` Mark Brown
2011-03-22 16:31 ` Mark Brown
[not found] ` <20110322163144.GC2202-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-22 16:51 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-22 16:51 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-22 16:51 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-22 16:59 ` Mark Brown
2011-03-22 16:59 ` Mark Brown
2011-03-22 16:59 ` Mark Brown
[not found] ` <20110322165907.GG22583-yzvPICuk2AATkU/dhu1WVueM+bqZidxxQQ4Iyu8u01E@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-23 16:04 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-23 16:04 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-23 16:04 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-23 16:20 ` Mark Brown
2011-03-23 16:20 ` Mark Brown
2011-03-23 16:20 ` Mark Brown
[not found] ` <20110323162021.GA26594-yzvPICuk2AATkU/dhu1WVueM+bqZidxxQQ4Iyu8u01E@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-24 3:38 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-24 3:38 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-24 3:38 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-24 7:57 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-03-24 7:57 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-03-24 7:57 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-03-29 7:11 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-29 7:11 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-29 7:11 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-22 15:16 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-22 15:16 ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-22 15:16 ` Magnus Damm
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