[RFC][PATCH v3 1/3] runtime interpreted power sequences

[Thierry Reding]

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 04:39:41PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 04:32:35PM +0200, Thierry Reding wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 03:26:07PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> 
> > > This is framework code - it doesn't have much option.  Disabling HOTPLUG
> > > is totally reasonable on space constrained systems, there's no reason
> > > for the code to break things for people.
> 
> > Still if you use this code and disable HOTPLUG, then you shouldn't be
> > using modules either. I mean there is no way you can write a driver that
> 
> Of course.
> 
> > can gracefully handle its platform data being discarded.
> 
> Sure there is - take a copy of the platform data in probe().

Yes, but that will only work for built-in drivers. If you unload the
module and that causes the platform data to be discarded, reloading
won't work.

Thierry
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