[U-Boot] [U-Boot-DM] List of offending drivers

Marek Vasut
2012-07-27T01:37:32Z

Dear Graeme Russ,

> Hi Marek,
>
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> wrote:
> > Dear Graeme Russ,
> >
> >> Hi Marek,
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> wrote:
> >> > Dear Graeme Russ,
> >> >
> >> >> So neither of these files are 'drivers' per-se. They are really just
> >> >> initialisation and platform specific support functions. How do these
> >> >> fit into the new driver model?
> >> >
> >> > You can supply a pointer to that function to some "pci" driver I guess
> >> > ... Pavel?
> >>
> >> In which case you have a board/arch specific function to intialise the
> >> pointer :)
> >
> > No, you have static platform data which contain the pointer.
>
> Ah, of course
>
> >> Hmm, or are we now looking at a variation of my INIT_FUNC
> >> architecture where this gets done at compile time?
> >
> > I think you missed the point here
>
> Yes, by --->| |<--- that much :)
>
> Oh, unless of course it has to be done dynamically due to a single U-Boot
> image supporting multiple board hardware configurations...

Which is not yet happening, let's take small steps, ok?

> Regards
>
> Graeme

Best regards,
Marek Vasut