Re: [PATCH v4 05/22] gpio: Probe GPIO drivers on demand

[Linus Walleij]

On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 5:23 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> When looking up a gpiochip through its firmware node, probe it if it
> hasn't already.
>
> The goal is to reduce deferred probes to a minimum, as it makes it very
> cumbersome to find out why a device failed to probe, and can introduce
> very big delays in when a critical device is probed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Changes in v4: None
> Changes in v3: None
> Changes in v2: None

Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

That is if the whole thing goes in as-is for the GPIO parts.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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