On 23 May 2018 at 16:36, <ilialin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 13:40
>> To: Ilia Lin <ilialin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; vireshk@xxxxxxxxxx; nm@xxxxxx;
>> sboyd@xxxxxxxxxx; robh@xxxxxxxxxx; mark.rutland@xxxxxxx;
>> rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
>> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 1/2] cpufreq: Add Kryo CPU scaling driver
>>
>>
>>
>> On 23/05/18 10:40, Ilia Lin wrote:
>> > In Certain QCOM SoCs like apq8096 and msm8996 that have KRYO
>> > processors, the CPU frequency subset and voltage value of each OPP
>> > varies based on the silicon variant in use. Qualcomm Process Voltage
>> > Scaling Tables defines the voltage and frequency value based on the
>> > msm-id in SMEM and speedbin blown in the efuse combination.
>> > The qcom-cpufreq-kryo driver reads the msm-id and efuse value from the
>> > SoC to provide the OPP framework with required information.
>> > This is used to determine the voltage and frequency value for each OPP
>> > of
>> > operating-points-v2 table when it is parsed by the OPP framework.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Ilia Lin <ilialin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> > + pdev = platform_device_register_simple("cpufreq-dt", -1, NULL, 0);
>> > + if (!IS_ERR(pdev))
>> > + return 0;
>> > +
>> > + ret = PTR_ERR(pdev);
>> > + dev_err(cpu_dev, "Failed to register platform device\n");
>> > +
>> > +free_opp:
>> > + for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
>> > + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(opp_tables[cpu]))
>> > + break;
>> > + dev_pm_opp_put_supported_hw(opp_tables[cpu]);
>> > + }
>> > +free_np:
>> > + of_node_put(np);
>> > +
>> > + return ret;
>> > +}
>> > +late_initcall(qcom_cpufreq_kryo_driver_init);
>>
>> Any particular reason why this *has* to be late initcall ?
>> Please change it to module_initcall otherwise.
>
> The purpose is to give the cpufreq-dt the time to register the driver and only then my driver will add the platform device.
That isn't required, the device and its driver can be registered in any order.
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