Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:52:57 +0200 | From | Andrew Lunn <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] driver core: fw_devlink: Add support for FWNODE_FLAG_NEEDS_CHILD_BOUND_ON_ADD |
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> That goes back to Rafael's reply (and I agree): > > "Also if the probe has already started, it may still return > -EPROBE_DEFER at any time in theory, so as a rule the dependency is > actually known to be satisfied when the probe has successfully > completed." > > So waiting for the probe to finish is the right behavior/intentional > for fw_devlink.
But differs to how things actually work in the driver model. The driver model does not care if a driver has finished probing, you can use a resource as soon as it is registered. Hence this whole problem/discussion.
Andrew
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