From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754210AbbJGORx (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Oct 2015 10:17:53 -0400 Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]:43022 "EHLO mga02.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750944AbbJGORv (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Oct 2015 10:17:51 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.17,649,1437462000"; d="scan'208";a="821446779" Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 15:17:41 +0100 From: Vinod Koul To: Alexander Popov Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Paul Mackerras , Michael Ellerman , Anatolij Gustschin , Gerhard Sittig , Rob Herring , Timur Tabi , Grant Likely , Dan Williams , Pawel Moll , Mark Rutland , Ian Campbell , Kumar Gala , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, dmaengine@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] dmaengine: mpc512x: initialize with subsys_initcall() Message-ID: <20151007141740.GF3320@vkoul-mobl.iind.intel.com> References: <1443115737-3948-1-git-send-email-alex.popov@linux.com> <1443115737-3948-4-git-send-email-alex.popov@linux.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1443115737-3948-4-git-send-email-alex.popov@linux.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 08:28:57PM +0300, Alexander Popov wrote: > Initialize Freescale MPC512x DMA driver with subsys_initcall() > to allow the depending drivers to call dma_request_slave_channel() > during their probe. Why can't we use defered probe ? I have been asking people to not move init levels and esnure we have right solutions using defered probe -- ~Vinod