Re: [PATCH 1/3] driver core: Add API to wait for deferred probe tocomplete during init

From: Ming Lei
Date: Thu May 09 2013 - 10:32:11 EST


On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Saravana Kannan <skannan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Kernel framework (Eg: regulator, clock, etc) might want to do some clean up
> work (Eg: turn off unclaimed resources) after all devices are done probing
> during kernel init. Before deferred probing was introduced, this was

Generally, system resources should be configured as disabled
at default, and for drivers, the correct usage should be only requesting
and enabling the resources just in need, then the sort of 'cleanup' things
can be avoided.


Thanks,
--
Ming Lei
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/