From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-yw0-f51.google.com (mail-yw0-f51.google.com [209.85.213.51]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority" (verified OK)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6EEE6B6FD1 for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:11:53 +1100 (EST) Received: by yhjj56 with SMTP id j56so5020422yhj.38 for ; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:11:49 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4EF14156.3040509@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:15:50 +0800 From: bill4carson MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stephen Rothwell Subject: Re: [PATCH] Copy machine descriptor after probe succeed References: <1324372127-8552-1-git-send-email-bill4carson@gmail.com> <1324372127-8552-2-git-send-email-bill4carson@gmail.com> <20111220211751.7dcff65ecfb1c5eaf022070d@canb.auug.org.au> In-Reply-To: <20111220211751.7dcff65ecfb1c5eaf022070d@canb.auug.org.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 2011年12月20日 18:17, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > Hi Bill, > > On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:08:47 +0800 bill4carson@gmail.com wrote: >> From: Bill Carson >> >> It make more sense to copy machine descriptor AFTER machine probe return >> succeed. > Some of the platform's probe routines modify the ppc_md structure and so > assume that it is has been popluated before the probe routine is called. > I didn't see the whole picture before :( thanks for your point. -- I am a slow learner but I will keep trying to fight for my dreams! --bill