The (shared) probing code of the arizona-i2c and arizona-spi modules takes the following steps during init: 1. Call mfd_add_devices() for a set of early child-devices, this includes the arizona_ldo1 device which provides one of the core-regulators. 2. Bulk enable the core-regulators. 3. Read the device id. 4. Call mfd_add_devices() for the other child-devices. This sequence depends on 1. leading to not only the child-device being created, but also the driver for the child-device binding to it and registering its regulator. This requires the arizona_ldo1 driver to be loaded before the shared probing code runs. Add a softdep for this to both modules to ensure that this requirement is met. Note this mirrors the existing MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: wm8994_regulator") in the wm8994 code, which has a similar init sequence. Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/mfd/arizona-i2c.c | 1 + drivers/mfd/arizona-spi.c | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/mfd/arizona-i2c.c b/drivers/mfd/arizona-i2c.c index 4b58e3ad6eb6..2a4a3a164d0a 100644 --- a/drivers/mfd/arizona-i2c.c +++ b/drivers/mfd/arizona-i2c.c @@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ static struct i2c_driver arizona_i2c_driver = { module_i2c_driver(arizona_i2c_driver); +MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: arizona_ldo1"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Arizona I2C bus interface"); MODULE_AUTHOR("Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); diff --git a/drivers/mfd/arizona-spi.c b/drivers/mfd/arizona-spi.c index 2633e147b76c..704f214d2614 100644 --- a/drivers/mfd/arizona-spi.c +++ b/drivers/mfd/arizona-spi.c @@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ static struct spi_driver arizona_spi_driver = { module_spi_driver(arizona_spi_driver); +MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: arizona_ldo1"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Arizona SPI bus interface"); MODULE_AUTHOR("Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); -- 2.28.0