[PATCH 16/17] mc13xxx: mfd_cell is now implicitly available to drivers
Uwe Kleine-König
u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de
Thu Feb 17 08:10:25 EST 2011
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 09:53:56AM -0200, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> Hi Uwe,
>
> 2011/2/16 Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de>:
> > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:31:10AM -0200, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> >> Hi Uwe,
> >>
> >> On 2/16/2011 7:41 AM, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> >> ...
> >> >> /* MC13783 */
> >> >> -static struct mc13783_platform_data mc13783_pdata __initdata = {
> >> > isn't using __initdata here broken already before your patch? Was
> >> > introduced in c67a3e09. Fabio?
> >>
> >> I followed the same approach as in mx31_3ds.c file.
> >>
> >> > But in general I'd prefer to keep as much __initdata as possible because
> >> > this occupies less memory when using a multi-machine kernel.
> >>
> >> Ok, is the __initdata usage correct then? If not, I can change it. Just let me know.
> > I guess that if you compile mc13xxx support as module it won't work.
> >
> > Try that, and if it breaks, send a patch fixing mx31_3ds.c, too.
>
> I built it as module and the build went fine.
And you did a runtime test, too?
If you did and that went smooth, I'll take a look again, because I
expected it to barf.
Best regards
Uwe
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