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SubjectRe: [RFC 2/4] driver core: Allow early registration of devices
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 11:20:55PM +0100, Grant Likely wrote:
> Also, for the devices that are created early, is it really appropriate
> to use APIs that require a struct device? I could easily argue that
> anything done at early boot should only be the bare minimum to allow
> the kernel to get to initcalls, and so mucking about with devices is
> inappropriate because it really messes with the assumptions made in
> the design of the driver model.

I agree, this could get really messy, really fast, and be a place that
people abuse quite easily.

greg k-h


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