Re: [PATCH] drm/i2c: tda998x: don't register the connector

From: Russell King - ARM Linux
Date: Mon Jul 25 2016 - 08:26:03 EST


On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 11:55:48AM +0100, Brian Starkey wrote:
> The connector shouldn't be registered until the rest of the whole device
> is set up, so that consistent state is presented to userspace.
>
> As drm_dev_register() now registers all of the connectors anyway,
> there's no need to explicitly do it in individual drivers so remove
> the calls to drm_connector_register()/drm_connector_unregister().
>
> This allows componentised drivers to use tda998x without having racy
> initialisation.

Is there a corresponding patch for armada-drm so that the cubox doesn't
regress? Has it already been merged?

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