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On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 13:46:24 +0200
Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> wrote:


> So I'm complete outsider to media drivers so maybe my question is stupid
> but I cannot resist: So how is the device bringup supposed to work for
> devices where you have these cycles in the dependency graph? Do you just
> bring up the controller and then the sensor and it works because the
> controller doesn't need the clock from the sensor for startup?

Thanks for asking. I was wondering the exact same thing.

-- Steve