Re: [PATCH] drivercore: Fix ordering between deferred_probe and exiting initcalls

2013-02-14 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 06:14:27PM +, Grant Likely wrote: > One of the side effects of deferred probe is that some drivers which > used to be probed before initcalls completed are now happening slightly > later. This causes two problems. > - If a console driver gets deferred, then it may not be

[PATCH] drivercore: Fix ordering between deferred_probe and exiting initcalls

2013-02-14 Thread Grant Likely
One of the side effects of deferred probe is that some drivers which used to be probed before initcalls completed are now happening slightly later. This causes two problems. - If a console driver gets deferred, then it may not be ready when userspace starts. For example, if a uart depends on pinc