Hi, On 30-01-17 09:17, Thierry Reding wrote:
On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 05:14:08PM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:Add a module_name string to the pwm_lookup struct and if specified and pwmchip_find_by_name() does not find the pwmchip try calling request_module with the specified name. Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/pwm/core.c | 4 ++++ include/linux/pwm.h | 11 +++++++++-- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/pwm/core.c b/drivers/pwm/core.c index 0d3ef29..c418a7a 100644 --- a/drivers/pwm/core.c +++ b/drivers/pwm/core.c @@ -823,6 +823,10 @@ struct pwm_device *pwm_get(struct device *dev, const char *con_id) return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV); chip = pwmchip_find_by_name(chosen->provider); + if (!chip && chosen->module_name) { + request_module(chosen->module_name);How about checking for an error code here? It's kind of pointless to try again if the module didn't load in the first place. No need to respin, I can make that change as I apply.
Sure, that is fine. Regards, Hans -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
