* Russell King - ARM Linux <[email protected]> [090528 09:20]: > On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 10:49:38AM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote: > > @@ -130,6 +148,10 @@ static int beagle_twl_gpio_setup(struct device *dev, > > mmc[0].gpio_cd = gpio + 0; > > twl4030_mmc_init(mmc); > > > > + /* link regulators to MMC adapters */ > > + beagle_vmmc1_supply.dev = mmc[0].dev; > > + beagle_vsim_supply.dev = mmc[0].dev; > > + > > I really hate it when I see this kind of initialization after registration. > It feels totally wrong and fragile. > > At one point, I had clkdev matching using struct device pointer as well, > but it was realised that was far too limiting - you couldn't declare > clock entries without first having all devices setup, and then you run > into problems with ordering. > > It looks like the regulator stuff is suffering this same problem - it > wants to match by struct device pointer. That's fine if all your > struct device's are statically allocated, but as soon as you start > having dynamic ones, it gets _much_ harder to cope with.
Yeah. I believe Mark is working on sorting out the regulator fwk issues regarding this. Regards, Tony -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
