Re: [PATCH] riscv: hwprobe: Register unaligned probes before usermode

From: Nam Cao

Date: Fri Aug 07 2026 - 02:07:33 EST


Paul Walmsley <pjw@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Now that we've queued a patch to get rid of the async hwprobe
> infrastructure, is this patch still needed?

Yes. Removing async probe only ensures probe is finished before the
kernel is done booting.

But there are usermode helpers which run while the kernel is still booting.
This patch ensures probe is done before that.

Nam