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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 20:54:59 +0200
From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
To: Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] imx-drm: Fix probe failure
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On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 11:39:11AM -0300, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 2:27 AM, Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de> wrote:
> 
> > Nack. We need the references to prevent that encoders/connectors are
> > (de)registered while the device is active. Simply dropping this code is
> > no solution.
> 
> Any suggestions about a proper way of handling this?
> 
> After b5dc0d10, imx_drm_device_get() is called from
> imx_drm_driver_load(), which increments the 'references' very early
> now.

Do the open/close callbacks work?

Sascha

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