Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:08:33 +0200
From: Pierre Ossman <drzeus-mmc@drzeus.cx>
To: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
Subject: Re: MMC: card test driver should not be builtin with other card
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On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:01:15 +0100
Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 11:58:02AM +0100, ben@fluff.org.uk wrote:
> > The mmc test driver and mmc block driver will attempt to bind
> > to any card present in the system, which means only one of these
> > drivers will end up with the card. If either one of these is selected
> > as builtin, ensure the other does not get built.
> > 
> 
> This is what I would have liked to have done in Kconfig, but of course
> the system fails with a circular dependency error. Is there any way
> to get this done without some horrible hacks?
> 

AFAIK, you can manually control the driver binding using sysfs. Should
be solvable for the rootfs case using an initrd.

Rgds
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