Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/4] ARM: multi_v7_defconfig: Enable common Rockchip devices/busses | From | Sjoerd Simons <> | Date | Mon, 07 Sep 2015 12:24:27 +0200 |
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On Mon, 2015-09-07 at 11:26 +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > Hello Sjoerd, > > On 09/06/2015 10:16 PM, Sjoerd Simons wrote: > > Enable Rockchip I2C, SPI, PWM, thermal drivers. > > > > Builtin are: > > * I2C as it often controls the pmic. > > Having I2C as a module will cause more probe deferrals due missing > regulators and slow down the boot but it should not cause issues. > Or am I missing something? > > In fact, I think even the PMIC could be built as a module.
It could in principle. However as a lot of other drivers do need the regulators provided by the pmic, they'll be deferred until that driver is loaded. So e.g. with the i2c/pmic drivers as a module you cannot boot to an NFS rootfs without using an initramfs.
> But I don't have a strong opinion on this so patch looks good: > > Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com> > > Best regards,
-- Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd.simons@collabora.co.uk> Collabora Ltd.
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