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From: Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
To: Wolfram Sang <wsa-z923LK4zBo2bacvFa/9K2g@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman
	<gregkh-hQyY1W1yCW8ekmWlsbkhG0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>,
	Mark Brown <broonie-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki"
	<rafael.j.wysocki-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Fabio Porcedda
	<fabio.porcedda-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Grant Likely
	<grant.likely-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	Linus Walleij
	<linus.walleij-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	Libo Chen <libo.chen-hv44wF8Li93QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-i2c-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-spi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	patches-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org,
	linaro-kernel-cunTk1MwBs8s++Sfvej+rw@public.gmane.org,
	linaro-acpi-cunTk1MwBs8s++Sfvej+rw@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] driver core: introduce helper macro initcall_driver()
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 22:28:14 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <52498A7E.8080606@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130930101500.GA3222@katana>

On 2013年09月30日 18:15, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 01:13:52PM +0800, Hanjun Guo wrote:
>> For some devices especially on platform/I2C/SPI bus, they want to
>> be initialized earlier than other devices, so the driver use initcall
>> such as subsys_initcall to make this device initialize earlier.
> And this is something we want to get rid of in favor of deferred
> probing.
>
>> But for those drivers, lots of them just do nothing special in
>> xxx_initcall/exit, so introduce a helper macro initcall_driver() to
>> eliminate lots of boilerplate just like module_driver() did.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
> So, NACK because using some *_initcall in drivers should not be
> encouraged.

Ok, got it. I agree with you, *_initcall in module driver is really
confusing people :)

Thanks
Hanjun
>
> Thanks,
>
>     Wolfram
>

      reply	other threads:[~2013-09-30 14:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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     [not found]   ` <1380518035-5319-2-git-send-email-hanjun.guo-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2013-09-30  9:16     ` [PATCH 1/4] driver core: introduce helper macro initcall_driver() Mark Brown
     [not found]       ` <20130930091622.GW19304-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
2013-09-30 14:23         ` Hanjun Guo
2013-09-30 10:15     ` Wolfram Sang
2013-09-30 14:28       ` Hanjun Guo [this message]

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