Re: [resend][PATCH 01/16] dw_dmac: call .probe after we have a device in place

Vinod Koul
2013-01-12T12:52:56Z

On Wed, Jan 09, 2013 at 08:04:28PM +0200, Mika Westerberg wrote:
>
> If the platform device is not yet created (like it might be when it is
> enumerated from ACPI for example), the probe fails completely. Certainly
> not the situation we want.
>
> Calling platform_driver_register() handles both cases properly.
Yes this is fix for that kind of problem. But the main issue I am concerned
about is that devices should have created much before drivers started loading.
Obviosuly due to SPI/DMA dependencies we have to do this.

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~Vinod