Re: [PATCHv2 1/2] pci: spear: Use platform_driver_probe instead of platform_driver_register

Matwey V. Kornilov
2015-02-15T13:16:35Z

2015-02-13 5:08 GMT+03:00 Stanimir Varbanov <svarbanov@mm-sol.com>:
> Hi,
>
> On 02/12/2015 11:07 AM, Matwey V. Kornilov wrote:
>> 2015-02-11 12:19 GMT+03:00 Stanimir Varbanov <svarbanov@mm-sol.com>:
>>> please don't top posting.
>>>
>>> On 02/11/2015 10:38 AM, Matwey V. Kornilov wrote:HI
>>>
>>>> It sounds reasonable, but does current implementation support deferring?
>>>
>>>thor
>>> yes, it uses deferred probe see devm_phy_get() and devm_clk_get() calls in
>>> .probe and how the returned values are checked.
>>>
>>>> Struct spear13xx_pcie_driver just dissapears from memory after init.
>>>
>>>
>>> IMO this is expected because spear13xx_pcie_driver is annotated as
>>> __initdata.
>>
>> The question was how deferred probe had been expected to work? When
>> probe has been deferred at first attempt, then second attempt
>> performed after init section, so proble() function must be available,at
>> but it is not. Isn't it?
>>
>
> That is questionable, maybe it works by chance?.

Or maybe it doesn't work at all.

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With best regards,
Matwey V. Kornilov.
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia