Re: [PATCH] i2c-mv64xxx: use subsys_initcall for early initialization

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2010/9/15 Ben Dooks <ben-i2c@xxxxxxxxx>:
> On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 11:35:29AM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mv64xxx.c |    2 +-
>>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> We really should have an i2c_initcall, but it may be difficult to move
> everyone over to it. What would be lovely is some form of dependency
> based initialisation, but that's probably a way off...

SPI, SDIO and other external busses (Dallas 1-wire? w1) may all have
the same "needs to be up early because we need that before that"
type of problem.

Makes me think of crazy things like putting a lightweight version of
Lennars Pötterings "systemd" scheme into the kernel for resolving
these initcalls.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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