Yes, we are currently in the process of cleaning this up for all our device drivers. Thanks!
-----Original Message----- From: Greg Kroah-Hartman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 8:33 AM To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman; Mikael Starvik; Kay Sievers Subject: [PATCH 128/196] Kobject: the cris iop_fw_load.c code is broken This code is really really really broken. So much so that it's almost impossible to fix with a simple patch, so just comment out the offending registration with the kobject core, and mark the driver as broken. The problem is that the code is trying to register a "raw" struct device, which is not allowed. struct device is only for use within the driver model. This is being done to try to use the firmware layer which wants a struct device. To properly fix this, use something easy, like a platform device, which is a struct device and can be used for this kind of thing. Cc: Mikael Starvik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Kay Sievers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/iop_fw_load.c | 11 +++++++++++ 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/iop_fw_load.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/iop_fw_load.c index 11f9895..f4bdc1d 100644 --- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/iop_fw_load.c +++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/iop_fw_load.c @@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ #define IOP_TIMEOUT 100 +#error "This driver is broken with regard to its driver core usage." +#error "Please contact <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for details on how to fix it properly." + static struct device iop_spu_device[2] = { { .bus_id = "iop-spu0", }, { .bus_id = "iop-spu1", }, @@ -192,6 +195,13 @@ int iop_start_mpu(unsigned int start_addr) static int __init iop_fw_load_init(void) { +#if 0 + /* + * static struct devices can not be added directly to sysfs by ignoring + * the driver model infrastructure. To fix this properly, please use + * the platform_bus to register these devices to be able to properly + * use the firmware infrastructure. + */ device_initialize(&iop_spu_device[0]); kobject_set_name(&iop_spu_device[0].kobj, "iop-spu0"); kobject_add(&iop_spu_device[0].kobj); @@ -201,6 +211,7 @@ static int __init iop_fw_load_init(void) device_initialize(&iop_mpu_device); kobject_set_name(&iop_mpu_device.kobj, "iop-mpu"); kobject_add(&iop_mpu_device.kobj); +#endif return 0; } -- 1.5.3.8 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
