From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Brown Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] spi/pxa2xx: don't use subys initcall for driver init Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:43:46 +0000 Message-ID: <20101124154346.GJ24970@rakim.wolfsonmicro.main> References: <1290597207-29838-1-git-send-email-bigeasy@linutronix.de> <1290597207-29838-2-git-send-email-bigeasy@linutronix.de> <4CED1C95.8070300@linutronix.de> <20101124141623.GH24970@rakim.wolfsonmicro.main> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: David Brownell , eric.y.miao-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior , Haojian Zhuang , linux-lFZ/pmaqli7XmaaqVzeoHQ@public.gmane.org, sodaville-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org, linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, Dirk Brandewie , spi-devel-general-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, tglx-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org, drwyrm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org To: Grant Likely Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: spi-devel-general-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-spi.vger.kernel.org On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 08:30:37AM -0700, Grant Likely wrote: > It would be easy enough to defer cpufreq initialization based on some > platform defined criteria. It's just an initcall. However, I don't Though it'd be much better to fix the thing where cpufreq doesn't have a device anyway. > know what the impact area is for subsystems that depend on cpufreq. > Are there drivers that depend on cpufreq before initialized? OMAP? It'd be fairly surprising if something were to have a strict dependency, though - more likely to be notifiers I'd expect. Usually cpufreq comes up fairly late. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev