Re: [RESEND RFT PATCH 1/2] mfd: max14577: Use module_init() instead of subsys_initcall()

[Lee Jones]

On Thu, 26 May 2016, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:

> The driver's init function is called at subsys init call level but the
> dependencies provided by the driver are looked up by drivers that have
> probe deferral support, so manual ordering of init calls isn't needed.
> 
> Suggested-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
> Hello,
> 
> I checked an the only users in mainline for this driver are the Exynos3250
> Monk and Rinato boards. In both, only two regulators are used (safeout_reg
> and motor_reg) and these are looked up by the drivers phy-samsung-usb2 and
> regulator-haptic respectively, and both support probe deferral.
> 
> Best regards,
> Javier
> 
>  drivers/mfd/max14577.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied, thanks.

> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/max14577.c b/drivers/mfd/max14577.c
> index 2280b3fdcf68..6c245128ab2e 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/max14577.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/max14577.c
> @@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ static int __init max14577_i2c_init(void)
>  
>  	return i2c_add_driver(&max14577_i2c_driver);
>  }
> -subsys_initcall(max14577_i2c_init);
> +module_init(max14577_i2c_init);
>  
>  static void __exit max14577_i2c_exit(void)
>  {

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Lee Jones
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