RE: [PATCH v2 2/3] scsi: ufs: Modulize ufs-bsg

[Avri Altman]

> 
> On 2019-12-13 02:24, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> > On Thu 12 Dec 08:53 PST 2019, cang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >> On 2019-12-12 15:00, Avri Altman wrote:
> >> > > On Wed 11 Dec 22:01 PST 2019, cang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >> > > > On 2019-12-12 12:53, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> >> > > > > On Wed 11 Dec 00:49 PST 2019, Can Guo wrote:
> > [..]
> >> > > > And in real cases, as the UFS is the boot device, UFS driver
> >> > > > will always be probed during bootup.
> >> > > >
> >> > >
> >> > > The UFS driver will load and probe because it's mentioned in the
> >> > > devicetree, but if either the ufs drivers or any of its
> >> > > dependencies (phy, resets, clocks, etc) are built as modules it
> >> > > might very well finish probing after lateinitcall.
> >> > >
> >> > > So in the even that the bsg is =y and any of these drivers are
> >> > > =m, or if you're having bad luck with your timing, the list will
> >> > > be empty.
> >> > >
> >> > > As described below, if bsg=m, then there's nothing that will load
> >> > > the module and the bsg will not probe...
> >> > Right.
> >> > bsg=y and ufshcd=m is a bad idea, and should be avoided.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Yeah, I will get it addressed in the next patchset.
> >>
> >
> > If you build this around platform_device_register_data() from ufshcd I
> > don't see a reason to add additional restrictions on this combination
> > (even though it might not make much sense for people to use this
> > combination).
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bjorn
> 
> Agree, thanks.
While at it, maybe you can add few words in the "BSG Support" paragraph,
In Documentation/scsi/ufs.txt.

Thanks,
Avri