Re: [PATCH v2] mfd: tps65010: fix init when the driver is built-in

[Lee Jones]

On Mon, 11 Jan 2016, Aaro Koskinen wrote:

> tps65010 driver's initcall cannot succeed when the driver is built-in,
> because it expects that the I2C probe is completed at initcall time;
> this cannot happen as MFD is initialized before I2C. Also on systems
> where the chip is not present there is unnecessary 30 ms delay during
> the boot.
> 
> Instead of waiting for probe to finish, just register the I2C device.
> If some boards need retry mechanism for startup glitches, that should be
> done in the actual probe function. Also delete the driver banner message.
> 
> The patch allows to use tps65010 again with OMAP1 (where it's required
> to be built-in) and enables e.g. USB and LED functionality on OMAP5912 OSK.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@xxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> 	v2: Delete the banner message.
> 
> 	v1: http://marc.info/?t=145220586400001&r=1&w=2
> 
>  drivers/mfd/tps65010.c | 21 +--------------------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 20 deletions(-)

Corrected the subject line and applied.

> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/tps65010.c b/drivers/mfd/tps65010.c
> index 448f0a1..e40f8e6 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/tps65010.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/tps65010.c
> @@ -1059,26 +1059,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tps65013_set_low_pwr);
>  
>  static int __init tps_init(void)
>  {
> -	u32	tries = 3;
> -	int	status = -ENODEV;
> -
> -	printk(KERN_INFO "%s: version %s\n", DRIVER_NAME, DRIVER_VERSION);
> -
> -	/* some boards have startup glitches */
> -	while (tries--) {
> -		status = i2c_add_driver(&tps65010_driver);
> -		if (the_tps)
> -			break;
> -		i2c_del_driver(&tps65010_driver);
> -		if (!tries) {
> -			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: no chip?\n", DRIVER_NAME);
> -			return -ENODEV;
> -		}
> -		pr_debug("%s: re-probe ...\n", DRIVER_NAME);
> -		msleep(10);
> -	}
> -
> -	return status;
> +	return i2c_add_driver(&tps65010_driver);
>  }
>  /* NOTE:  this MUST be initialized before the other parts of the system
>   * that rely on it ... but after the i2c bus on which this relies.

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Lee Jones
Linaro STMicroelectronics Landing Team Lead
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