Re: [PATCH V2 1/6] pinctrl: pinctrl-single: use arch_initcall andmodule_exit

[Tony Lindgren]

* Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> [130129 03:03]:
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Vishwanathrao Badarkhe, Manish
> <manishv.b@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Currently, I2C driver gets probed before pinctrl driver.
> > To achieve I2C pin muxing via pinctrl driver before I2C
> > probe get called, register pinctrl driver in arch_initcall.
> > Also, add module_exit to unregister pinctrl driver.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Vishwanathrao Badarkhe, Manish <manishv.b@xxxxxx>
> 
> So your I2C driver is not returning -EPROBE_DEFER
> if it cannot find its pins?
> 
> Hm, well I can live with this, if Tony ACKs it.

Hmm pinctrl is before i2c in drivers/Makefile.
Making initcalls happen earlier and earlier is usually the
wrong way to go. Sounds like there's some other issue here
that needs to be fixed instead.

Regards,

Tony
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