From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Molton Subject: Re: Fw: Initialisation sequencing. Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 00:03:26 +0000 Message-ID: <4227A5CE.4050008@f2s.com> References: <200503031438.48357.adaplas@hotpop.com> <4226D649.4000408@f2s.com> <200503040407.11449.adaplas@hotpop.com> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1D70ID-0006sH-Ko for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:03:45 -0800 Received: from outmail1.freedom2surf.net ([194.106.33.237] helo=outmail.freedom2surf.net) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.41) id 1D70Hw-0006Ru-Ol for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:03:45 -0800 In-Reply-To: <200503040407.11449.adaplas@hotpop.com> Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: adaplas@pol.net Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > Are you using the backlight architecture in drivers/video/backlight? > Shouldn't the backlight driver pull the video driver first? I think > you can do that if you make the backlight driver depend on the video > driver. IOW make it a child of it? I asumed that would work but I cant actually build a modular kernel for some reason I havent had time to look into yet. that said, does load order have *any* bearing on probe order ? since both devices are platform devices, both drivers can be loaded and dormant and brought up at any time by their devices becomming available from (another) module... ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click