[PATCH v3 1/4] ARM: pxa: add memory resource to RTC device

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Tuesday 12 May 2015 22:24:49 Robert Jarzmik wrote:
> 
> I made the try, and Russell was right, this breaks the pxa architecture. The
> relevant extract of kernel message is in [1].
> 
> The consequences with your patches :
>  - pxa27x_init()
>    - platform_add_devices()
>      - the pxa_device_rtc fails (as resource is duplicated)
>      - all the devices are unregistered (rollback)
> And pxa27x fails.
> 
> Now I'm pondering about the right approach :
>  - either remove sa1100_device_rtc from pxas
>  - or remove pxa_device_rtc
>  - or both
>  - or something else
> 
> Let me think a bit about it.
> 

To solve the problem with the duplicate registration of one resource,
I'd suggest using platform_device_register_simple() for the registration,
which will copy the resource. You can then mark the resource as __initconst
and remove the device to save a little memory at runtime.

	Arnd