Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Prefer async probe

[Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de>]

On Fri, 26 Aug 2022 17:44:30 +1000, Mani Milani wrote:
> This i801 driver probe can take more than ~190ms in some devices, since
> the "i2c_register_spd()" call was added inside
> "i801_probe_optional_slaves()".
> 
> Prefer async probe so that other drivers can be probed and boot can
> continue in parallel while this driver loads, to reduce boot time. There is
> no reason to block other drivers from probing while this driver is
> loading.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mani Milani <mani@chromium.org>
> ---
> 
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c
> index a176296f4fff..e06509edc5f3 100644
> --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c
> +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c
> @@ -1838,6 +1838,7 @@ static struct pci_driver i801_driver = {
>  	.shutdown	= i801_shutdown,
>  	.driver		= {
>  		.pm	= &i801_pm_ops,
> +		.probe_type = PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS,
>  	},
>  };
>  

Reviewed-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de>

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Jean Delvare
SUSE L3 Support