Re: [PATCH 2/3] net: dsa: b53: mmap: register MDIO Mux bus controller

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El vie, 17 mar 2023 a las 17:27, Andrew Lunn (<andrew@xxxxxxx>) escribió:
>
> > > The proposed solution is too radical for a problem that was not properly
> > > characterized yet, so this patch set has my temporary NACK.
> >
> > Forgive me, but why do you consider this solution too radical?
>
> I have to agree with Vladimir here. The problem is not the driver, but
> when the driver is instantiated. It seems radical to remove a driver
> just because it loads at the wrong time. Ideally you want the driver
> to figure out now is not a good time and return -EPROBE_DEFER, because
> a resource it requires it not available.

Ok, I'm open to suggestions.
Any ideas on how exactly to figure out when it's a good time to probe
or return -EPROBE_DEFER instead?

>
>   Andrew

--
Álvaro.




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