On Wednesday 22 July 2009, Trilok Soni wrote: > > That doesn't address the problem at all. A function called > > "add_children" just shouldn't exist. The general kernel design is for > > client drivers to register themselves with the core, so the core does > > not have any hard-wired knowledge of any client drivers. The general kernel design also involves bus drivers (consider PCI or USB) enumerating their child devices and then *adding* those children ... that's what is done here. The devices supported by that system get added, and then the driver model code can bind each device to its driver. > > IOW, twl4030_pwrbutton_probe() should call into twl4030-core, > > registering the powerbutton driver. It calls to the driver model to register that driver, which then sees that the device is registered. - Dave > > Reviving this very old thread. > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
