[PATCH 5/6] ARM: OMAP3: Modify omap_hsmmc_late_init to handle deleting mmc devices

Tony Lindgren tony at atomide.com
Thu Mar 1 13:58:54 EST 2012


* Rajendra Nayak <rnayak at ti.com> [120224 20:14]:
> On Saturday 25 February 2012 06:03 AM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >* Rajendra Nayak<rnayak at ti.com>  [120224 01:27]:
> >>omap_hsmmc_late_init() adds deferred (if any) mmc devices which are
> >>dependent on twl4030-gpio device to be available.
> >>If twl4030-gpio is built as a module and inserted and deleted multiple
> >>times, the mmc devices also should be added and deleted accordingly.
> >>Split omap_hsmmc_late_init() into omap_hsmmc_deferred_add() and
> >>omap_hsmmc_deferred_del() to handle this.
> >>The .setup board hook for twl4030-gpio handles the runtime adding
> >>on deferred mmc devices. Similarly a .teardown board hook for twl4030-gpio
> >>should handle the runtime deletion by calling omap_hsmmc_deferred_del().
> >>This is done for all existing omap3 boards in subsequent patches.
> >
> >This gets complex.. But I think I've found a simpler way where we
> >can use the twl gpio offsets and let the drivers take care of the rest.
> >I'll post some patches hopefully on Monday.
> 
> I agree it gets complex. If you have a simpler way to handle this, that
> would be great.

Posted now, sorry it too a bit longer, I got distracted with other
stuff. The thread is "[PATCH 0/4] Start getting rid of pdata callbacks
with gpio_find_by_chip_name()". Some further testing would be
appreciated.

Regards,

Tony



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