Re: [PATCH v3] ARM: OMAP2+: gpmc-smsc911x: add required smsc911xregulators

From: Tony Lindgren
Date: Thu Mar 08 2012 - 16:08:33 EST


* Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxx> [120307 11:05]:
> >
> > I don't think the second smsc911x on the Overo, "smsc911x.1", would
> > find it due to the dev_id.
>
> It's not about finding the second regulator. As stated in the
> changelog, it's about the duplicate attempt to register the exact same
> platform_device.
>
> Duplicate attempts to register the exact same platform_device cause
> kobject to panic and give up[1]. So, any platform that calls
> gpmc_smsc911x_init() twice (Overo and T35 in mainline) will panic on
> boot.
>
> This patch fixes those platforms so they can boot.

Yeah but I guess the second smsc911x instance still would not work,
or am I missing something?

Regards,

Tony
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