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From: Stephen Warren <swarren-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public•gmane.org>
To: Grant Likely <grant.likely-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public•gmane.org>
Cc: Linus Walleij
	<linus.walleij-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public•gmane.org>,
	Wolfram Sang <wsa-z923LK4zBo2bacvFa/9K2g@public•gmane.org>,
	"devicetree-discuss-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public•gmane.org"
	<devicetree-discuss-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public•gmane.org>,
	Rob Herring <rob.herring-bsGFqQB8/DxBDgjK7y7TUQ@public•gmane.org>,
	"linux-next-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public•gmane.org"
	<linux-next-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public•gmane.org>,
	"linux-i2c-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public•gmane.org"
	<linux-i2c-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public•gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] i2c: core: make it possible to match a pure device tree driver
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:25:53 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51BF9B01.1090205@wwwdotorg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACxGe6sTq=h9jjqesjvUA4Bweh7zgE4VOLoOTgGPC_D_v+8NtA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

On 06/17/2013 04:15 PM, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 5:33 PM, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public•gmane.org> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Stephen Warren <swarren-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public•gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>>> This has just shown up in next-20130617, and breaks at least the
>>> TPS65910 and TPS62360 drivers, since they assume that the id parameter
>>> passed to probe is non-NULL. However, now the parameter is NULL since
>>> these drivers have both an ID table and an OF match table.
>>
>> So you mean they come in through the DT boot path and assume
>> that parameter is non-null even though they should not make use of
>> it?
>>
>>> I'd like to suggest this patch be reverted an re-introduced immediately
>>> after the merge window. That should give enough time for everyone to get
>>> a heads-up on fixing any drivers with a similar problem, rather than
>>> trying to cram all that in immediately before the merge window.
>>
>> OK that works for me, I'm not in any hurry.
> 
> Deferring by a merge window isn't going to make it any less painful.

It'll give a lot more time for people to be exposed to the change and
hence find/fix it linux-next rather than seeing it for the first time in
Linus's tree.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-06-17 23:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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     [not found] ` <CACRpkdae1chj9ZKuQV5MuiaicLUTKr4hZqr8rtjbB3Yjt+U_fg@mail.gmail.com>
2013-06-17 15:48   ` [PATCH v2] i2c: core: make it possible to match a pure device tree driver Stephen Warren
     [not found]     ` <51BF2FC5.40207-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-17 16:33       ` Linus Walleij
     [not found]         ` <CACRpkdbjy+PcpNkSg4PuuP2Z9RyrnqSW0uchHFHVZ8VYPeoDyA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-17 16:49           ` Stephen Warren
2013-06-17 22:15           ` Grant Likely
     [not found]             ` <CACxGe6sTq=h9jjqesjvUA4Bweh7zgE4VOLoOTgGPC_D_v+8NtA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-17 23:25               ` Stephen Warren [this message]
2013-06-18  7:33             ` Wolfram Sang
2013-06-18  7:44               ` Linus Walleij
     [not found]                 ` <CACRpkdakdUVzHM4L5qOJ5Ls8NwOimy197NCUDSP=X28d2fzHPg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-18 15:55                   ` Wolfram Sang

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