From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pb0-f43.google.com ([209.85.160.43]:61454 "EHLO mail-pb0-f43.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754090AbaCNSAL (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:00:11 -0400 Received: by mail-pb0-f43.google.com with SMTP id um1so2938168pbc.2 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2014 11:00:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 11:00:08 -0700 From: Guenter Roeck To: Jean Delvare Cc: linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org, Wim Van Sebroeck Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: ib700wdt: Use platform_driver_probe Message-ID: <20140314180008.GD3868@roeck-us.net> References: <20140314131847.5e27fe11@endymion.delvare> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140314131847.5e27fe11@endymion.delvare> Sender: linux-watchdog-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 01:18:47PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote: > Using platform_driver_probe instead of platform_driver_register has > two benefits: > * The driver will fail to load if device probing fails. > * The probe function can be marked __init. > > Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare > Cc: Wim Van Sebroeck Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck