Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Oct 2016 09:04:35 +0530 | From | Viresh Kumar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] cpufreq: pxa: use generic platdev driver for device-tree |
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On 19-10-16, 22:06, Robert Jarzmik wrote: > Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> writes: > > >> >> + { .compatible = "marvell,pxa250", }, > >> >> + { .compatible = "marvell,pxa270", }, > >> >> > >> >> { .compatible = "samsung,exynos3250", }, > >> >> { .compatible = "samsung,exynos4210", }, > >> > > >> > Isn't there a race between cpufreq-dt and the platform driver to > >> > register first ? > >> Ah, could you be more specific about the race you're talking of ? > >> > >> My understanding was that cpufreq-dt-platdev does create the device, and > >> cpufreq-dt is a driver for it, so there is no race but a direct relationship > >> AFAIU. > > > > I mean that both the driver may try to register to the cpufreq core if > > they are both compiled in a single image. > Euh I still don't follow you. The only driver that can register to the cpufreq > core is cpufreq-dt.
I was wondering on what will happen if both cpufreq-dt and your pxa2xx-cpufreq driver are present in the same kernel image. In that case the init routines of both of them will try to call cpufreq_register_driver().
-- viresh
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