[PATCH RFC 2/2] drivers/base: declare phandle DT nodes as components

2014-02-07 Thread Jean-Francois Moine
At system startup time, some devices depends on the availability of some other devices before starting. The infrastructure for componentised subsystems permits to handle this dependence, each driver defining its own role. This patch does an automatic creation of the lowest components in case of

Re: [PATCH RFC 2/2] drivers/base: declare phandle DT nodes as components

2014-02-07 Thread Russell King - ARM Linux
On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 05:53:27PM +0100, Jean-Francois Moine wrote: At system startup time, some devices depends on the availability of some other devices before starting. The infrastructure for componentised subsystems permits to handle this dependence, each driver defining its own role.