[PATCH] Copy machine descriptor after probe succeed

Stephen Rothwell sfr at canb.auug.org.au
Tue Dec 20 21:17:51 EST 2011


Hi Bill,

On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:08:47 +0800 bill4carson at gmail.com wrote:
>
> From: Bill Carson <bill4carson at gmail.com>
> 
> It make more sense to copy machine descriptor AFTER machine probe return
> succeed.

Some of the platform's probe routines modify the ppc_md structure and so
assume that it is has been popluated before the probe routine is called.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr at canb.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/
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