Re: [PATCH 2/6] powerpc/85xx: consolidate of_platform_bus_probe calls
From: Kumar Gala <hidden>
Date: 2011-11-29 16:38:27
From: Kumar Gala <hidden>
Date: 2011-11-29 16:38:27
On Nov 29, 2011, at 10:20 AM, Timur Tabi wrote:
Timur Tabi wrote: =20quoted
If I move the "fsl,eloplus-dma" into mpc85xx_common_ids[], then =
everything works.
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=20 I suspect there's some kind of state machine in =
of_platform_bus_probe() that allows it to find the DMA channel nodes if = it's scanned everything else first. I'm trying to debug it now.
=20 So why do we need mpc85xx_common_ids[] at all? Why can't =
of_platform_bus_probe() just scan the entire tree? Ben would probably have to answer that. I can't remember why he wanted = it. I'm sure he has a good reason. - k=