Re: [PATCH] drm: platform: Don't initialize driver-private data

2012-10-31 Thread Thierry Reding
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 09:31:27AM +0100, Laurent Pinchart wrote: > Hi Thierry, > > On Wednesday 31 October 2012 09:26:07 Thierry Reding wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 04:06:27PM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote: > > > On Monday 15 October 2012 20:03:42 Thierry Reding wrote: > > > > Platform devi

Re: [PATCH] drm: platform: Don't initialize driver-private data

2012-10-31 Thread Laurent Pinchart
Hi Thierry, On Wednesday 31 October 2012 09:26:07 Thierry Reding wrote: > On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 04:06:27PM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote: > > On Monday 15 October 2012 20:03:42 Thierry Reding wrote: > > > Platform device drivers usually use the driver-private data for their > > > own purposes. H

Re: [PATCH] drm: platform: Don't initialize driver-private data

2012-10-31 Thread Thierry Reding
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 04:06:27PM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote: > Hi Thierry, > > Thank you for the patch, and sorry for the late reply. > > On Monday 15 October 2012 20:03:42 Thierry Reding wrote: > > Platform device drivers usually use the driver-private data for their > > own purposes. Havin

Re: [PATCH] drm: platform: Don't initialize driver-private data

2012-10-26 Thread Laurent Pinchart
Hi Thierry, Thank you for the patch, and sorry for the late reply. On Monday 15 October 2012 20:03:42 Thierry Reding wrote: > Platform device drivers usually use the driver-private data for their > own purposes. Having it overwritten by drm_platform_init() is confusing > and error-prone. If you