Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:35:24 -0800 | From | Tony Lindgren <> | Subject | Re: [patch 6/6] serial8250: convert to the new platform device interface |
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* Kumar Gala <galak@gate.crashing.org> [060116 16:02]: > On Mon, 16 Jan 2006, Russell King wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 04:27:17PM -0600, Kumar Gala wrote: > > > This patch is breaking arch/ppc & arch/powerpc usage of 8250.c. The > > > issue appears to be with the order in which platform_driver_register > > > () is called vs platform_device_add(). > > > > > > arch/powerpc/kernel/legacy_serial.c registers an 8250 device on the > > > platform bus before 8250_init() gets called. > > > > > > Changing the order of platform_driver_register() vs > > > platform_device_add() fixes the issue. I'm still not sure what the > > > correct solution to this is. Ideas? comments? > > > > Mea Culpa - should've spotted that - that patch is actually rather > > broken. platform_driver_register() can't be moved from where it > > initially was. > > This seems to fix my issue on arch/powerpc and arch/ppc, please push to > Linus ASAP.
This patch fixes problems on omap too.
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