[PATCH] ARM: OMAP: make iommu subsys_initcall to fix builtin omap3isp

Joerg Roedel Joerg.Roedel at amd.com
Mon Feb 27 07:02:57 EST 2012


On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 09:00:51AM +0200, Ohad Ben-Cohen wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:47 AM, Laurent Pinchart
> > That's what the comment in the Makefile is for ;-) I don't think it's a
> > perfect solution either, but it avoids playing with the various initcalls. The
> > OMAP3 IOMMU isn't a subsystem, subsys_initcall() looks a bit like an API abuse
> > to me.
> 
> Yes, it's dirty.
> 
> But it's explicit and consistent across build system changes (without
> imposing anything on the build system). We do it all the time with
> other subsystems. We don't like it, but luckily Grant came up with the
> deferred probing mechanism, which will fix this all very nicely.

Agreed. It is not the best fix, but at least more reliable then the
Makefile change.


	Joerg

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