On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:23:45PM +0200, Ramagudi Naziir wrote: > hello all, > > I'm writing two platform_device structs for 2 devices I have on a > board, which we need to support. > one device is sdio controller (let's call it A), and the other one > (let's call it B) is a device which is hard wired to that controller. > everything works fine: the .probe function of each driver gets the > right device struct. > > but - i want that B will be dependent on A, so when the kernel goes to > sleep, B's .suspend function will be called first, and only then A's. > on the resume i want A's resume function to be called first. In > addition, I need that B's probe function will always be called after > A's probe function. > > anyone knows how to make that dependency in the device model ? Set the parent of B to be A. The device model supports this kind of relationship for this very reason. hope this helps, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
