From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org>
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand
	id S1751138AbbLUGvg (ORCPT <rfc822;w@1wt.eu>);
	Mon, 21 Dec 2015 01:51:36 -0500
Received: from mail-vk0-f48.google.com ([209.85.213.48]:34802 "EHLO
	mail-vk0-f48.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org
	with ESMTP id S1750863AbbLUGvf (ORCPT
	<rfc822;linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>);
	Mon, 21 Dec 2015 01:51:35 -0500
MIME-Version: 1.0
In-Reply-To: <1450451196.19539.9.camel@mtksdaap41>
References: <1450412497-25872-1-git-send-email-djkurtz@chromium.org> <1450451196.19539.9.camel@mtksdaap41>
From: Daniel Kurtz <djkurtz@chromium.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 14:51:14 +0800
X-Google-Sender-Auth: 0Q3EUjrshLHD26moCorO97bSR74
Message-ID: <CAGS+omCDxj_wMDiAiywSv4hAtq6E9vm+CxgG8gs1TmrrS499mQ@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: mediatek: convert to arch_initcall
To: Yingjoe Chen <yingjoe.chen@mediatek.com>
Cc: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@freescale.com>,
        Maoguang Meng <maoguang.meng@mediatek.com>,
        Axel Lin <axel.lin@ingics.com>,
        Hongzhou Yang <hongzhou.yang@mediatek.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
        Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard@st.com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be>,
        "open list:PIN CONTROL SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org>,
        "moderated list:ARM/Mediatek SoC support" 
	<linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@gmail.com>,
        Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com>,
        "moderated list:ARM/Mediatek SoC support" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
List-ID: <linux-kernel.vger.kernel.org>
X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 11:06 PM, Yingjoe Chen
<yingjoe.chen@mediatek.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-12-18 at 12:21 +0800, Daniel Kurtz wrote:
>> Move pinctrl initialization earlier in boot so that real devices can find
>> their pctldev without probe deferring.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kurtz <djkurtz@chromium.org>
>> ---
>>  drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt6397.c | 2 +-
>>  drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt8127.c | 2 +-
>>  drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt8135.c | 2 +-
>>  drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt8173.c | 2 +-
>>  4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt6397.c b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt6397.c
>> index f9751ae..a3780d4 100644
>> --- a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt6397.c
>> +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt6397.c
>> @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static int __init mtk_pinctrl_init(void)
>>       return platform_driver_register(&mtk_pinctrl_driver);
>>  }
>>
>> -module_init(mtk_pinctrl_init);
>> +arch_initcall(mtk_pinctrl_init);
>
>
> MT6397 is PMIC, which depends on pwrap on main AP to work. Since
> pmic-wrap itself is module_platform_driver, I think it make sense to
> keep this one as module_init. Maybe adding a comment to explain why it
> is different from others will help.

I interpret this the other way - I think that since the PMIC wrapper
provides a bus required for the system PMIC it should also be a
builtin and use arch_initcall.

WDYT?

-Dan