On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 08:18:20PM +0200, Florian Fainelli wrote: > This patch makes the gpiochip be registered > earlier in the prom code. This allows GPIO-based > board detection to be made earlier. > > Tested-by: Maxime Bizon <mbizon@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > diff --git a/arch/mips/bcm63xx/gpio.c b/arch/mips/bcm63xx/gpio.c > index b78d3fd..997fcaa 100644 > --- a/arch/mips/bcm63xx/gpio.c > +++ b/arch/mips/bcm63xx/gpio.c > @@ -120,9 +120,8 @@ static struct gpio_chip bcm63xx_gpio_chip = { > .ngpio = BCM63XX_GPIO_COUNT, > }; > > -static int __init bcm63xx_gpio_init(void) > +int __init bcm63xx_gpio_init(void) > { > printk(KERN_INFO "registering %d GPIOs\n", BCM63XX_GPIO_COUNT); > return gpiochip_add(&bcm63xx_gpio_chip); > } > -arch_initcall(bcm63xx_gpio_init); > diff --git a/arch/mips/bcm63xx/prom.c b/arch/mips/bcm63xx/prom.c > index d97ceed..1e5bb15 100644 > --- a/arch/mips/bcm63xx/prom.c > +++ b/arch/mips/bcm63xx/prom.c > @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ > #include <bcm63xx_cpu.h> > #include <bcm63xx_io.h> > #include <bcm63xx_regs.h> > +#include <bcm63xx_gpio.h> > > void __init prom_init(void) > { > @@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ void __init prom_init(void) > > /* do low level board init */ > board_prom_init(); > + > + /* early register gpio */ That word order sounds odd ... > + bcm63xx_gpio_init(); > } > > void __init prom_free_prom_memory(void) > diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-bcm63xx/bcm63xx_gpio.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-bcm63xx/bcm63xx_gpio.h > index 72cee75..8bc812f 100644 > --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-bcm63xx/bcm63xx_gpio.h > +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-bcm63xx/bcm63xx_gpio.h > @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ > #ifndef BCM63XX_GPIO_H > #define BCM63XX_GPIO_H > > +int __init bcm63xx_gpio_init(void); It is not necessary to declare a function as __init. But if you do you better include <linux/init.h> first. With this patch you'd rely on init.h having previously included which eventually when the context changes will blow up. And not last, the patch seems to reject ... Ralf