From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49877C4363A for ; Fri, 23 Oct 2020 03:22:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [203.11.71.2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 51EB921534 for ; Fri, 23 Oct 2020 03:22:36 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 51EB921534 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=telegraphics.com.au Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Received: from bilbo.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::3]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CHV0T2LJBzDr2m for ; Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:22:33 +1100 (AEDT) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=none (no SPF record) smtp.mailfrom=telegraphics.com.au (client-ip=98.124.60.144; helo=kvm5.telegraphics.com.au; envelope-from=fthain@telegraphics.com.au; receiver=) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=telegraphics.com.au Received: from kvm5.telegraphics.com.au (kvm5.telegraphics.com.au [98.124.60.144]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CHTyq2NM0zDqxX for ; Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:21:07 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by kvm5.telegraphics.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4933A20696; Thu, 22 Oct 2020 23:21:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:21:11 +1100 (AEDT) From: Finn Thain To: Geert Uytterhoeven Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: pmac_zilog: don't init if zilog is not available In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20201020162303.1730562-1-laurent@vivier.eu> <20201020162844.GA865546@kroah.com> <468bbbef-4745-3b16-b6f4-30b46ebcdc33@vivier.eu> <20201020173745.GA882703@kroah.com> <387fd2aa-b181-c41f-0581-0a7e79a44e41@vivier.eu> <20201020183246.GA912431@kroah.com> <20201020224446.GA15066@allandria.com> <311d17ed-75fa-a7fe-6c70-177a6eec4519@vivier.eu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Greg KH , Laurent Vivier , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-m68k , Paul Mackerras , "open list:SERIAL DRIVERS" , Brad Boyer , linuxppc-dev , Joshua Thompson Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Thu, 22 Oct 2020, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > Thanks for your patch... > You're welcome. > I can't say I'm a fan of this... > Sorry. > > The real issue is this "extern struct platform_device scc_a_pdev, > scc_b_pdev", circumventing the driver framework. > > Can we get rid of that? > Is there a better alternative? pmz_probe() is called by console_initcall(pmz_console_init) when CONFIG_SERIAL_PMACZILOG_CONSOLE=y because this has to happen earlier than the normal platform bus probing which takes place later as a typical module_initcall.