Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] mach-ux500: Add CG2900 devices

From: Greg KH
Date: Mon Mar 28 2011 - 10:20:40 EST


On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 03:00:38PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Monday 28 March 2011, Par-Gunnar Hjalmdahl wrote:
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-ux500/board-mop500.c b/arch/arm/mach-ux500/board-mop500.c
> > index d8e5a52..16b7343 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/mach-ux500/board-mop500.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-ux500/board-mop500.c
> > @@ -417,6 +417,8 @@ static void __init mop500_init_machine(void)
> >
> > platform_device_register(&ab8500_device);
> >
> > + cg2900_init_board();
> > +
> > i2c_register_board_info(0, mop500_i2c0_devices,
> > ARRAY_SIZE(mop500_i2c0_devices));
> > i2c_register_board_info(2, mop500_i2c2_devices,
>
> Not exactly what I had in mind, but probably good enough for a start.
> This adds a dependency from core code to the staging driver now,
> which shouldn't be there. I suppose we can add
>
> "Clean up device registration path to register the main device from board code"
>
> to the TODO file.

No, please do not make any core code dependant on a staging driver, this
isn't ok, it needs to be stand-alone, or at the least, the rest of the
kernel needs to be able to be built with no staging drivers enabled.

thanks,

greg k-h
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