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From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
To: Andy Ross <andy.ross@windriver.com>
Cc: Corentin Chary <corentincj@iksaif.net>,
	linux-input@vger.kernel.org,
	acpi4asus-user@lists.sourceforge.net,
	platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Pegatron Lucid tablet accelerometer
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:49:28 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110117184927.GA27245@core.coreip.homeip.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1295287011-12849-1-git-send-email-andy.ross@windriver.com>

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 09:56:49AM -0800, Andy Ross wrote:
> 
> > > +	ipdev->input->dev.release = dev_noop_release;
> > 
> > WTH is this???
> 
> It's an attempt to avoid this from drivers/base/core.c:
> 
>       WARN(1, KERN_ERR "Device '%s' does not have a release() "
>            "function, it is broken and must be fixed.\n",
>            dev_name(dev));
> 
> ...but it was in the wrong place.  The input device doesn't hit that
> path, the platform device does.  Moved to where it belongs.
> 

It does not belong anywhere. Please create platform device dynamically
(for example using platfrom_device_register_simple) and destroy it when
done.

The only time when static devices are [semi-]allowed (Greg has differing
opioon on this I believe) is in platform/arch code for devices that can
never be destroyed.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-01-17 18:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-01-17 17:56 [PATCH 0/2] Pegatron Lucid tablet accelerometer Andy Ross
2011-01-17 17:56 ` [PATCH 1/2] input: Pegatron Lucid accelerometer Andy Ross
2011-01-18  5:48   ` Shubhrajyoti
2011-01-18  5:59     ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-01-18 17:21     ` Andy Ross
     [not found]       ` <4D35CC1B.3020808-CWA4WttNNZF54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-01-31 21:30         ` Matthew Garrett
2011-03-18 15:39           ` Anisse Astier
2011-01-17 17:56 ` [PATCH 2/2] asus-laptop: Support pega_accel driver Andy Ross
2011-01-17 18:49 ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2011-01-17 22:14   ` [PATCH 0/2] Pegatron Lucid tablet accelerometer Andy Ross

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