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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 10:53:09 +0100
From: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] mtd: Replace module_init with subsys_initcall
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Hi,

krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org wrote on Tue, 19 Mar 2024 10:51:00 +0100:

> On 19/03/2024 10:34, Manojkiran Eda wrote:
> > While engaged in development on the espi kernel device driver[1],
> > I noticed that the espi flash driver, utilizing the mtd subsystem,
> > appears to initialize before the mtdcore subsystem registers the =20
>=20
> NAK
>=20
> You incorrectly ordered your call, so now to fix this you incorrectly
> re-order rest of kernel. No. Fix your code to handle modules, probe
> deferrals and device links.

Agreed. You shall not need this. Maybe just moving the driver to the
right location (spi) might fix it.

Thanks,
Miqu=C3=A8l