Re: [PATCH 1/2] dma: imx-sdma: use module_platform_driver for SDMA driver
From: Vinod Koul
Date: Mon Aug 04 2014 - 04:48:19 EST
On Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 02:11:01PM +0530, Vignesh Raman wrote:
> On Thursday 31 July 2014 05:30 PM, Vinod Koul wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 06:41:14PM +0530, Vignesh Raman wrote:
> >> Currently there is no module_exit declared in SDMA driver, so that once
> >> sdma module is inserted, it's shown with permanent attribute by lsmod,
> >> and it can't be removed.
> >> Use module_platform_driver to register/unregister SDMA driver and modify
> >> SDMA's remove operation, to make SDMA driver possible to be removed.
> > where is this bit below?
> >
> I'm not clear with your question. Are you asking about the unregister
> SDMA driver function? It is done by dma_async_device_unregister.
Driver already uses module_platform_driver, so I dont see what information
the last two lines are trying to convey.
Patch needs to talk about what is done in current patch
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~Vinod
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