From: voice.shen@atmel.com (Bo Shen)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] misc: atmel_pwm: set initcall level to subsys
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 09:19:14 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5271B012.4060200@atmel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201310302146.18248.arnd@arndb.de>
Hi Arnd,
On 10/31/2013 04:46, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 October 2013, Johan Hovold wrote:
>>> I really hate this type of patch, as it's papering over the real
>>> problem. What happens when someone else moves their driver to this
>>> level? Then you are back to the original problem.
>>
>> Yes, it's crude, but it's currently the only way to express a preferred
>> probe order.
>
> Does the same problem occur with the generic PWM subsystem?
>
> The atmel_pwm driver apparently is the last PWM driver that has
> not been converted to the generic subsystem yet. Doing that would
> also let us drop the atmel-pwm-bl driver in favor of the generic
> backlight.
The atmel pwm driver is on the way to generic subsystem. more
information at:
--->8---
PWM: atmel-pwm: add PWM controller driver:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2963081/
---<8---
Best Regards,
Bo Shen
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From: Bo Shen <voice.shen@atmel.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Johan Hovold <jhovold@gmail.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] misc: atmel_pwm: set initcall level to subsys
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 09:19:14 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5271B012.4060200@atmel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201310302146.18248.arnd@arndb.de>
Hi Arnd,
On 10/31/2013 04:46, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 October 2013, Johan Hovold wrote:
>>> I really hate this type of patch, as it's papering over the real
>>> problem. What happens when someone else moves their driver to this
>>> level? Then you are back to the original problem.
>>
>> Yes, it's crude, but it's currently the only way to express a preferred
>> probe order.
>
> Does the same problem occur with the generic PWM subsystem?
>
> The atmel_pwm driver apparently is the last PWM driver that has
> not been converted to the generic subsystem yet. Doing that would
> also let us drop the atmel-pwm-bl driver in favor of the generic
> backlight.
The atmel pwm driver is on the way to generic subsystem. more
information at:
--->8---
PWM: atmel-pwm: add PWM controller driver:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2963081/
---<8---
Best Regards,
Bo Shen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-10-31 1:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-22 16:32 [PATCH 0/2] misc: atmel_pwm: fix probe dependencies Johan Hovold
2013-10-22 16:32 ` Johan Hovold
2013-10-22 16:32 ` [PATCH 1/2] misc: atmel_pwm: add deferred-probing support Johan Hovold
2013-10-22 16:32 ` Johan Hovold
2013-10-30 11:25 ` Johan Hovold
2013-10-30 11:25 ` Johan Hovold
2013-10-30 13:24 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-10-30 13:24 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-10-22 16:32 ` [PATCH 2/2] misc: atmel_pwm: set initcall level to subsys Johan Hovold
2013-10-22 16:32 ` Johan Hovold
2013-10-29 23:22 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-10-29 23:22 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-10-30 11:07 ` Johan Hovold
2013-10-30 11:07 ` Johan Hovold
2013-10-30 20:46 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-10-30 20:46 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-10-31 1:19 ` Bo Shen [this message]
2013-10-31 1:19 ` Bo Shen
2013-10-31 5:30 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2013-10-31 5:30 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2013-10-31 14:07 ` Johan Hovold
2013-10-31 14:07 ` Johan Hovold
2013-10-31 14:01 ` Johan Hovold
2013-10-31 14:01 ` Johan Hovold
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