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Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: imx8mp: register driver at arch_initcall time
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From:   Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
To:     Abel Vesa <abelvesa@kernel.org>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@baylibre.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>,
        Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>,
        Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>,
        Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@pengutronix.de>,
        Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>,
        NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@nxp.com>
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On 07/11/2022 14.54, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> On 28/09/2022 14.41, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
>> We have an imx8mp-based board with an external gpio-triggered
>> watchdog. Currently, we don't get to handle that in time before it
>> resets the board.
>>
>> The probe of the watchdog device gets deferred because the SOC's GPIO
>> controller is not yet ready, and the probe of that in turn gets deferred
>> because its clock provider (namely, this driver) is not yet
>> ready. Altogether, the watchdog does not get handled until the late
>> initcall deferred_probe_initcall has made sure all leftover devices
>> have been probed, and that's way too late.
>>
>> Aside from being necessary for our board, this also reduces total boot
>> time because fewer device probes get deferred.
> 
> Please advise on what I need to do in order to make progress here.

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