[PATCH v6 4/8] spi: imx: defer spi initialization, if DMA engine is

Anton Bondarenko anton.bondarenko.sama at gmail.com
Mon Dec 7 22:43:46 PST 2015


If SPI device supports DMA mode, but DMA controller is not yet
available due to e.g. a delay in the corresponding kernel module
initialization, retry to initialize SPI driver later on instead of
falling back into PIO only mode.

Signed-off-by: Anton Bondarenko <anton.bondarenko.sama at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/spi/spi-imx.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
index c123060..d98c33c 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
@@ -1222,6 +1222,9 @@ static int spi_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	 */
 	if (is_imx51_ecspi(spi_imx)) {
 		ret = spi_imx_sdma_init(&pdev->dev, spi_imx, master, res);
+		if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			goto out_clk_put;
+
 		if (ret < 0)
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "dma setup error %d, use pio\n",
 				ret);
-- 
2.6.3




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