[PATCH 128/196] Kobject: the cris iop_fw_load.c code is broken

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2008-01-25T08:28:20Z

This code is really really really broken. So much so that it's almost
impossible to fix with a simple patch, so just comment out the offending
registration with the kobject core, and mark the driver as broken.

The problem is that the code is trying to register a "raw" struct
device, which is not allowed. struct device is only for use within the
driver model. This is being done to try to use the firmware layer which
wants a struct device. To properly fix this, use something easy, like a
platform device, which is a struct device and can be used for this kind
of thing.

Cc: Mikael Starvik <starvik@axis.com>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/iop_fw_load.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/iop_fw_load.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/iop_fw_load.c
index 11f9895..f4bdc1d 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/iop_fw_load.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/iop_fw_load.c
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@

#define IOP_TIMEOUT 100

+#error "This driver is broken with regard to its driver core usage."
+#error "Please contact <greg@kroah.com> for details on how to fix it properly."
+
static struct device iop_spu_device[2] = {
{ .bus_id = "iop-spu0", },
{ .bus_id = "iop-spu1", },
@@ -192,6 +195,13 @@ int iop_start_mpu(unsigned int start_addr)

static int __init iop_fw_load_init(void)
{
+#if 0
+ /*
+ * static struct devices can not be added directly to sysfs by ignoring
+ * the driver model infrastructure. To fix this properly, please use
+ * the platform_bus to register these devices to be able to properly
+ * use the firmware infrastructure.
+ */
device_initialize(&iop_spu_device[0]);
kobject_set_name(&iop_spu_device[0].kobj, "iop-spu0");
kobject_add(&iop_spu_device[0].kobj);
@@ -201,6 +211,7 @@ static int __init iop_fw_load_init(void)
device_initialize(&iop_mpu_device);
kobject_set_name(&iop_mpu_device.kobj, "iop-mpu");
kobject_add(&iop_mpu_device.kobj);
+#endif
return 0;
}

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