[PATCH 3/4] simplefb: Change simplefb_init from module_init to fs_initcall

Geert Uytterhoeven geert at linux-m68k.org
Thu Nov 13 00:58:41 PST 2014


Hi Maxime,

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Maxime Ripard
<maxime.ripard at free-electrons.com> wrote:
>> -module_init(simplefb_init);
>> +/*
>> + * While this can be a module, if builtin it's most likely the console
>> + * So let's leave module_exit but move module_init to an earlier place
>> + */
>
> Not really related to this patch itself, but do we want to support
> simplefb as a module? It seems like it's going to be most of the time
> broken.

If it depends on clocks, it won't work as a module, as CCF will have disabled
all unused clocks at that point.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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