If SPI device supports DMA mode, but DMA controller is not yet available due to e.g. a delay in the corresponding kernel module initialization, retry to initialize SPI driver later on instead of falling back into PIO only mode. Signed-off-by: Anton Bondarenko <anton.bondarenko.sama@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/spi/spi-imx.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c index c123060..d98c33c 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c @@ -1222,6 +1222,9 @@ static int spi_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) */ if (is_imx51_ecspi(spi_imx)) { ret = spi_imx_sdma_init(&pdev->dev, spi_imx, master, res); + if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER) + goto out_clk_put; + if (ret < 0) dev_err(&pdev->dev, "dma setup error %d, use pio\n", ret); -- 2.6.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-spi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html