Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/4] Core device subsystem implementation

From: Greg KH
Date: Sat Jul 09 2011 - 01:43:43 EST


On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 09:54:08AM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> There is a small number of devices that the core kernel needs very
> early in the boot process, namely an interrupt controller and a timer,
> long before the device model is up and running.
>
> The "core device subsystem" offers a class based device/driver
> matching model, doesn't rely on any other subsystem, is very (too?)
> simple, and support getting information both from DT as well as from
> static data provided by the platform. It also gives the opportunity to
> define the probing order by offering a sorting hook at runtime.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx>
> ---

Any reason why you didn't use scripts/get_maintainer.pl to at least
figure out who to send something like this to for review?

Please do so in the future, otherwise it will get overlooked...

greg k-h
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