On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 07:21:11PM +0200, Georgi Djakov wrote:
> When the SMEM is probed it defers as it depends on the hardware lock, which
> is not available yet. But the SMD bus and RPM regulators and clocks depend
> on SMEM and they defer too. The problem with this is that the order of
> registering the devices is not optimal and also we may end with messed
> up serial console as the RPM clocks are not registered yet..

Re-ordering the DT is fragile at best, and not a real solution to this
class of problem.

Why can the drivers not defer probing in this case?

Mark.

> Signed-off-by: Georgi Djakov <[email protected]>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8916.dtsi |   19 ++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8916.dtsi 
> b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8916.dtsi
> index 7705207872a5..c497c7b1ae70 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8916.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8916.dtsi
> @@ -113,15 +113,6 @@
>               };
>       };
>  
> -     smem {
> -             compatible = "qcom,smem";
> -
> -             memory-region = <&smem_mem>;
> -             qcom,rpm-msg-ram = <&rpm_msg_ram>;
> -
> -             hwlocks = <&tcsr_mutex 3>;
> -     };
> -
>       soc: soc {
>               #address-cells = <1>;
>               #size-cells = <1>;
> @@ -512,6 +503,16 @@
>               };
>       };
>  
> +     smem {
> +             compatible = "qcom,smem";
> +
> +             memory-region = <&smem_mem>;
> +             qcom,rpm-msg-ram = <&rpm_msg_ram>;
> +
> +             hwlocks = <&tcsr_mutex 3>;
> +     };
> +
> +
>       smd {
>               compatible = "qcom,smd";
>  
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