Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] mfd: arizona: Add MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: arizona_ldo1")

[Lee Jones]

On Wed, 20 Jan 2021, Hans de Goede wrote:

> The (shared) probing code of the arizona-i2c and arizona-spi modules
> takes the following steps during init:
> 
> 1. Call mfd_add_devices() for a set of early child-devices, this
> includes the arizona_ldo1 device which provides one of the
> core-regulators.
> 
> 2. Bulk enable the core-regulators.
> 
> 3. Read the device id.
> 
> 4. Call mfd_add_devices() for the other child-devices.
> 
> This sequence depends on 1. leading to not only the child-device
> being created, but also the driver for the child-device binding
> to it and registering its regulator.
> 
> This requires the arizona_ldo1 driver to be loaded before the
> shared probing code runs. Add a softdep for this to both modules to
> ensure that this requirement is met.
> 
> Note this mirrors the existing MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: wm8994_regulator")
> in the wm8994 code, which has a similar init sequence.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/arizona-i2c.c | 1 +
>  drivers/mfd/arizona-spi.c | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

Applied, thanks.

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