From: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
To: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Cc: "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>,
Mark Gross <markgross@kernel.org>,
Andy Shevchenko <andy@infradead.org>,
Daniel Scally <djrscally@gmail.com>,
Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>,
Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@gmail.com>,
Michael Turquette <mturquette@baylibre.com>,
Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>, Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>,
linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>,
Kate Hsuan <hpa@redhat.com>,
linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-clk@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/12] regulator: Introduce tps68470-regulator driver
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 17:46:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YWmwZJvDYjPWJdb4@sirena.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f6f2d7e8-fdb8-ed64-0cdd-65aded9fc42c@redhat.com>
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On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 01:43:40PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> To make this work when everything is build as a module patch 12/12
> adds the following to the PMIC-MFD-driver:
> MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: clk-tps68470 tps68470-regulator");
> This will make modprobe load the clk and regulator drivers
> before it loads the main/MFD tps68470 driver.
I feel nervous about this being reliable with all userspaces - IIRC
there was an alternative implementation of the modules stuff in
userspace and someone could always be doing insmod. OTOH without better
in kernel dependency management and/or more standards based firmware
interfaces I guess we're stuck with this.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-15 16:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-08 16:21 [PATCH 00/12] Add support for X86/ACPI camera sensor/PMIC setup with clk and regulator platform data Hans de Goede
2021-10-08 16:21 ` [PATCH 01/12] ACPI: Add has_unmet_acpi_deps() helper function Hans de Goede
2021-10-08 16:21 ` [PATCH 02/12] media: i2c: ov8865: Add an has_unmet_acpi_deps() check Hans de Goede
2021-10-08 18:41 ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-10-08 18:48 ` Hans de Goede
2021-10-08 18:58 ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-10-09 15:31 ` Hans de Goede
2021-10-08 16:21 ` [PATCH 03/12] media: i2c: ov5693: " Hans de Goede
2021-10-08 16:21 ` [PATCH 04/12] platform_data: Add linux/platform_data/tps68470.h file Hans de Goede
2021-10-08 16:21 ` [PATCH 05/12] regulator: Introduce tps68470-regulator driver Hans de Goede
2021-10-11 10:42 ` Mark Brown
2021-10-11 11:43 ` Hans de Goede
2021-10-15 16:46 ` Mark Brown [this message]
2021-10-15 18:50 ` Hans de Goede
2021-10-15 18:58 ` Mark Brown
2021-10-15 19:27 ` Hans de Goede
2021-10-15 19:40 ` Mark Brown
2021-10-15 19:48 ` Hans de Goede
2021-10-15 19:59 ` Mark Brown
2021-10-15 20:14 ` Hans de Goede
2021-10-15 22:29 ` Mark Brown
2021-10-16 10:18 ` Hans de Goede
2021-10-08 16:21 ` [PATCH 06/12] clk: Introduce clk-tps68470 driver Hans de Goede
2021-10-08 16:21 ` [PATCH 07/12] platform/x86: int3472: Enable I2c daisy chain Hans de Goede
2021-10-08 16:21 ` [PATCH 08/12] platform/x86: int3472: Split into 2 drivers Hans de Goede
2021-10-08 16:21 ` [PATCH 09/12] platform/x86: int3472: Add get_sensor_adev_and_name() helper Hans de Goede
2021-10-08 16:21 ` [PATCH 10/12] platform/x86: int3472: Pass tps68470_clk_platform_data to the tps68470-regulator MFD-cell Hans de Goede
2021-10-08 16:21 ` [PATCH 11/12] platform/x86: int3472: Pass tps68470_regulator_platform_data " Hans de Goede
2021-10-08 16:21 ` [PATCH 12/12] platform/x86: int3472: Call acpi_dev_clear_dependencies() on successful probe Hans de Goede
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