Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] hwmon: iio_hwmon: defer probe when no channel is found

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Fri Sep 09 2016 - 00:26:38 EST


On 09/08/2016 07:28 AM, Quentin Schulz wrote:
iio_channel_get_all returns -ENODEV when it cannot find either phandles and
properties in the Device Tree or channels whose consumer_dev_name matches
iio_hwmon in iio_map_list. The iio_map_list is filled in by iio drivers
which might be probed after iio_hwmon.

It is better to defer the probe of iio_hwmon if such error is returned by
iio_channel_get_all in order to let a chance to iio drivers to expose
channels in iio_map_list.

Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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v5:
- patch re-inserted,

Grumble ... applied to -next anyway.

I'll direct any complaints your way ;-)

Guenter