回复: 回复: 回复: [PATCH 2/3] Reset: cix: add support for cix sky1 resets

Gary Yang gary.yang at cixtech.com
Mon Nov 10 04:11:06 PST 2025


Hi Krzysztof:

> >> EXTERNAL EMAIL
> >>
> >> On 10/11/2025 12:18, Gary Yang wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> +static struct platform_driver sky1_reset_driver = {
> >>>>> +     .probe  = sky1_reset_probe,
> >>>>> +     .driver = {
> >>>>> +             .name           = KBUILD_MODNAME,
> >>>>> +             .of_match_table = sky1_reset_dt_ids,
> >>>>> +     },
> >>>>> +};
> >>>>> +static int __init reset_sky1_init(void) {
> >>>>> +     return platform_driver_register(&sky1_reset_driver);
> >>>>> +}
> >>>>> +subsys_initcall(reset_sky1_init);
> >>>>
> >>>> This should be rather just module_platform_driver. Does not look
> >>>> like part of subsystem, but looks like regular driver.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Some modules depend reset module. When boot system, these modules
> >> can't probe before register reset.
> >>
> >> Which modules? You statement is so imprecise that my only answer is:
> >> sorry, deferred probe is old thing now and everyone should use it.
> >>
> >>> To make these modules probe earlier, we use subsys_initcall() to
> >>> instead of module_platform_driver(). Do you have better suggestions?
> >>
> >> Look how deferred probe works.
> >>
> >
> > Yes, you're right. But deferred probe needs to take more time on booting.
> > To make the boot faster, better experiences, we have to use
> > subsys_initcall()
> 
> Again, imprecise statement. How faster? With such arguments - twice (first list
> of unspecified modules and now of unspecified boot faster) the answer is the
> same. And I will not wait for third imprecise argument, because this is not a
> ping pong game.
> 
> Anyway, manual core ordering is not the solution.
> 

Sorry, we need not take performance into consider just now.
We will use module_platform_driver() to instead of it.

Best wishes
Gary

> Best regards,
> Krzysztof


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