Re: [PATCH] i2c: driver for the Synopsys DesignWare I2C controller

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Hi Linus,

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 09:32:37AM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> 2009/5/28 Baruch Siach <baruch@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> >> > +static int dw_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >>
> >> Can you tag this with __init?
> >
> > OK. __devinit is probably better.
> 
> I don't think any platform_device tagged with __devinit is
> correct really, platform_device:s cannot  be hotplugged that's
> against the definition of a platform_device.

Doesn't this __devinit have something to do with the ability to compile the 
driver as a module (as is the case here)? See for example 
drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c and commit 
0e3912c75f42986c17d955542247bf04c6eef738

> I should make more cleanup patches regarding this...

baruch

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