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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 09:50:00 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 05:09:44PM -0700, Abhishek Pandit-Subedi wrote:
> After actually trying to do this today, I think a better approach
> might be to just add a MODULE_SOFTDEP for all the typec altmodes. That
> way, all the modules get loaded together and there's less of a chance
> of waiting for the altmode driver to load when enumerating partners on
> boot.

MODULE_SOFTDEP is going to be nothing but problems going forward, I
wouldn't recommend it at all.  Try it out yourself on your hardware and
see :)

thanks,

greg k-h