Re: [PATCH v9 02/24] v4l: async: Remove re-probing support

Sakari Ailus
2017-09-11T07:51:25Z

On 09/11/17 10:47, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> On 09/08/2017 03:11 PM, Sakari Ailus wrote:
>> Remove V4L2 async re-probing support. The re-probing support has been
>> there to support cases where the sub-devices require resources provided by
>> the main driver's hardware to function, such as clocks.
>>
>> Reprobing has allowed unbinding and again binding the main driver without
>> explicilty unbinding the sub-device drivers. This is certainly not a
>> common need, and the responsibility will be the user's going forward.
>>
>> An alternative could have been to introduce notifier specific locks.
>> Considering the complexity of the re-probing and that it isn't really a
>> solution to a problem but a workaround, remove re-probing instead.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
>
> I Acked the v8 version, but don't see my Ack here. Did you miss it?

I think I sent v9 around the time you sent the ack. :-) It will be in v10.

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