Re: platform_driver_register() ??

["Midhun Agnihotram" <agnimidhun@gmail.com>]

Hi All,


> >     I think mmc driver is layered modules, only top block driver
> > registers driver under  "mmc_bus_type" bus, see
> > drivers/mmc/mmc_sysfs.c and mmc_block.c. I think they are creating a
> > tree of devices of same characteristics under that bus.
> > I think your driver is linux/drivers/mmc/imxmmc.c where it registers a
> > driver for device of type "platform_bus_type". This module will come
> > under above mentioned block driver.
> > Corresponding platform device is registered in
> > linux/arch/arm/mach-imx/generic.c see platform_device imx_mmc_device.


    Is it necessary that the firmware (may be bootloader) notify about
the MMC host to Linux? The kernel documentation (platform.txt) says :

 "The firmware should notify the platform bus about devices before the
legacy drivers have had a chance to load."

   Have I interpreted the above sentence correctly?

Thanks,
Midhun.