Re: [PATCHv5] dmaengine: Add support for BCM2835

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Sat Nov 16 2013 - 04:40:30 EST


> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 05:43:45PM +0000, Shevchenko, Andriy wrote:
>>
>> > > +module_platform_driver(bcm2835_dma_driver);
>> >
>> > Is it possible to get driver initialized after that one that uses it?
>>
>> Doesn't quite make sense. If you're asking whether other drivers can
>> try to make use of this driver before it's initialised, then the answer
>> is no. We have mechanisms to cope with that - see deferred probing.

The reason why I was asking about I'm just wondering what we have to
do with existing drivers. Shall we convert them to be initialized as
normal platform drivers instead of subsys_initcall?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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