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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:40:34 +0530
From: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
To: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 Resend 00/13] drivers: Boot Constraint core
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On 25-01-18, 16:31, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> So AFAICT the basic problem I was trying to solve still exists with simple-fb
> as well. And the problem is that nothing prevents another driver to get probed
> before the display driver (or simple-fb) and reconfigure the resources. Even if
> we let simple-fb come up really early, the resources like clk/regulator may not
> be available. And so the ordering thing is still unsolved for me.

Ping !!

I understand your concerns Rob, they are surely genuine and I can't
deny that. But I don't see a cleaner "way" (Or "Hack", if you want to
call it that way), to solve these ugly problems.

-- 
viresh