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SubjectRe: [alsa-devel] [PATCH v5 09/17] soundwire: intel: remove platform devices and use 'Master Devices' instead
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> I am quoting the code in patch, which i pointed in my first reply!
>
> On 17-12-19, 15:03, Pierre-Louis Bossart wrote:
>
>> diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/intel_init.c b/drivers/soundwire/intel_init.c
>> index 4b769409f6f8..42f7ae034bea 100644
>> --- a/drivers/soundwire/intel_init.c
>
> This is intel specific file...
>
>> +++ b/drivers/soundwire/intel_init.c
>
> snip ...
>
>> +static struct sdw_intel_ctx
>> +*sdw_intel_probe_controller(struct sdw_intel_res *res)
>
> this is intel driver, intel function!
>
>> -
>> - link->pdev = pdev;
>> - link++;
>> + /* let the SoundWire master driver to its probe */
>> + md->driver->probe(md, link);
> ^^^^^^
> which does this... calls a probe()!
>
> And my first reply was:
>
>>> + /* let the SoundWire master driver to its probe */
>>> + md->driver->probe(md, link);
>>
>> So you are invoking driver probe here.. That is typically role of driver
>> core to do that.. If we need that, make driver core do that for you!
>
> I rest my case!

I think you are too focused on the probe case and not realizing the
extensions suggested by this patchset. A "driver" is not limited to
'probe' and 'remove' cases.

As mentioned since mid-September, there is a need for an initialization
of software/kernel structures (which I called probe but should have been
called init really), and a second step where the hardware is actually
configured - after all power rail dependencies are under control.

Can you please look at the .startup callback and let me know how a
'driver core' would handle this?

To the best of my knowledge, there is no .startup in any device model
functionality, so the only thing I could do to avoid a direct call is
add a wrapper to avoid a direct call, e.g.

static inline sdw_master_device_startup(struct sdw_master_device *md)
{
if (md && md->driver && md->driver->startup)
md->driver->startup(md);
}


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