Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:09:21 -0500 | From | Timur Tabi <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] fsl-dma: allow Freescale Elo DMA driver to be compiled as a module |
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Scott Wood wrote:
>> I chose subsys_initcall() to increase the probability that fsldma is >> already present when DMA clients are loaded/initialized and register. > > If there's no dependency, why does it matter whether fsldma is already > present?
Re-read my explanation, please. Technically, it doesn't *matter* in that nothing will break, but so what? It's nicer if the DMA driver is already available when the client drivers load, so that they can use the DMA facilities right away.
-- Timur Tabi Linux kernel developer at Freescale
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