From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans de Goede Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 09:24:05 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] simplefb: Change simplefb_init from module_init to fs_initcall Message-Id: <546478B5.2040002@redhat.com> List-Id: References: <1415830124-28787-1-git-send-email-hdegoede@redhat.com> <1415830124-28787-3-git-send-email-hdegoede@redhat.com> <20141113085238.GE20972@lukather> In-Reply-To: <20141113085238.GE20972@lukather> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Hi, On 11/13/2014 09:52 AM, Maxime Ripard wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 11:08:43PM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote: >> One of the reasons for having the simplefb nodes in /chosen, and doing >> explicit enumeration of the nodes there, is too allow enumerating them sooner, >> so that we get a console earlier on. >> >> Doing this earlier then fs_initcall is not useful, since the fb only turns into >> a console when fbcon intializes, which is a fs_initcall too. >> >> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede >> --- >> drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c | 6 +++++- >> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c >> index be7d288..8c0c972 100644 >> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c >> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c >> @@ -415,7 +415,11 @@ static void __exit simplefb_exit(void) >> platform_driver_unregister(&simplefb_driver); >> } >> >> -module_init(simplefb_init); >> +/* >> + * While this can be a module, if builtin it's most likely the console >> + * So let's leave module_exit but move module_init to an earlier place >> + */ > > Not really related to this patch itself, but do we want to support > simplefb as a module? It seems like it's going to be most of the time > broken. A valid point, my mean reasoning here is that some may see not being able to use it as a module as a regression, so I just kept things as is, but I do agree that it is advisable to just build it in. Regards, Hans