From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: voice.shen@atmel.com (Bo Shen)
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 09:19:14 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] misc: atmel_pwm: set initcall level to subsys
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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