From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rob Herring Subject: Re: [RFC v2 4/6] serial: core: support deferring serdev controller registration Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 22:24:36 -0500 Message-ID: References: <1500305076-15570-1-git-send-email-ulrich.hecht+renesas@gmail.com> <1500305076-15570-5-git-send-email-ulrich.hecht+renesas@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1500305076-15570-5-git-send-email-ulrich.hecht+renesas@gmail.com> Sender: linux-renesas-soc-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Ulrich Hecht Cc: "linux-serial@vger.kernel.org" , "open list:MEDIA DRIVERS FOR RENESAS - FCP" , Magnus Damm , Laurent Pinchart , "wsa@the-dreams.de" , Peter Rosin , Geert Uytterhoeven , "linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org" List-Id: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 10:24 AM, Ulrich Hecht wrote: > serdev controllers may depend on other devices (such as multiplexers) > and thus require deferred probing support. I wonder if instead of deferring, we could just delay binding the devices. There's really no reason to defer the controller. This is a small addition, but deferring involves a lot of undoing and redoing of initialization. Rob