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SubjectRe: [PATCH TRIVIAL 1/5] Input: keyboard: use macro module_platform_driver()
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Hi Geert,

On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:57:08 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 21:47, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>
> And looking for platform_driver_probe() in recent changesets, I found
> a few more:
>
> drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel-wm97xx.c atmel_wm97xx_probe
> drivers/input/touchscreen/mc13783_ts.c mc13783_ts_probe
> drivers/input/serio/at32psif.c psif_probe
> drivers/input/mouse/amimouse.c amimouse_probe
>
> Interestingly, in drivers/input/misc/twl4030-pwrbutton.c you did make
> platform_driver.probe point to twl4030_pwrbutton_probe().
> But that one is also broken, as twl4030_pwrbutton_probe() is marked __init,
> which is no longer correct.
>
> Still, setting up platform_driver.probe and removing __init from all probe
> functions is not the right thing to do, as this make (non-__init) kernel code
> size bigger, while none of these devices are hotpluggable and thus cannot
> appear after bootup. That's why we have platform_driver_probe() in the
> first place. So I think all of this should be reverted for non-hotpluggable
> drivers.

Thank you for explaining this.
I am sorry for the trouble.

jj

> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
>                         Geert
>
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>
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