[PATCH] PCI: dwc: layerscape: convert to builtin_platform_driver()

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Michael,

On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 11:46 AM Michael Walle <michael at walle.cc> wrote:
> Am 2021-01-26 11:02, schrieb Lorenzo Pieralisi:
> > On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 11:52:46AM +0100, Michael Walle wrote:
> >> fw_devlink will defer the probe until all suppliers are ready. We
> >> can't
> >> use builtin_platform_driver_probe() because it doesn't retry after
> >> probe
> >> deferral. Convert it to builtin_platform_driver().
> >>
> >> Fixes: e590474768f1 ("driver core: Set fw_devlink=on by default")
> >
> > I will have to drop this Fixes: tag if you don't mind, it is not
> > in the mainline.
>
> That commit is in Greg's for-next tree:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core.git/commit/?h=driver-core-next&id=e590474768f1cc04852190b61dec692411b22e2a
>
> I was under the impression there are other commits with this
> particular fixes tag, too. Either it was removed from
> for-next queues or I was confused.
>
> But I'm fine with removing the tag, assuming this will end
> up together with the "driver core: Set fw_devlink=on by default"
> commit in 5.11.

Definitely not v5.11.

And I sincerely doubt it will be applied for v5.12.
It's already way too late to implement all changes to existing drivers
needed, and get them accepted for v5.12.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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