There is no need to handle optional module request in the driver
when user space tools has that feature for ages.
Replace custom code by MODULE_SOFTDEP() macro to let user space know
that we would like to have the DMA driver loaded first, if any.
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevche...@linux.intel.com>
---
drivers/mfd/intel-lpss.c | 29 ++++++++---------------------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/intel-lpss.c b/drivers/mfd/intel-lpss.c
index 277f48f1cc1c..cb39ecf5a9f1 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/intel-lpss.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/intel-lpss.c
@@ -128,17 +128,6 @@ static const struct mfd_cell intel_lpss_spi_cell = {
static DEFINE_IDA(intel_lpss_devid_ida);
static struct dentry *intel_lpss_debugfs;
-static int intel_lpss_request_dma_module(const char *name)
-{
- static bool intel_lpss_dma_requested;
-
- if (intel_lpss_dma_requested)
- return 0;
-
- intel_lpss_dma_requested = true;
- return request_module("%s", name);
-}
-
static void intel_lpss_cache_ltr(struct intel_lpss *lpss)
{
lpss->active_ltr = readl(lpss->priv + LPSS_PRIV_ACTIVELTR);
@@ -429,16 +418,6 @@ int intel_lpss_probe(struct device *dev,
dev_warn(dev, "Failed to create debugfs entries\n");
if (intel_lpss_has_idma(lpss)) {
- /*
- * Ensure the DMA driver is loaded before the host
- * controller device appears, so that the host controller
- * driver can request its DMA channels as early as
- * possible.
- *
- * If the DMA module is not there that's OK as well.
- */
- intel_lpss_request_dma_module(LPSS_IDMA64_DRIVER_NAME);
-
ret = mfd_add_devices(dev, lpss->devid, &intel_lpss_idma64_cell,
1, info->mem, info->irq, NULL);
if (ret)
@@ -554,3 +533,11 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Heikki Krogerus
<heikki.kroge...@linux.intel.com>");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nik...@linux.intel.com>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Intel LPSS core driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
+/*
+ * Ensure the DMA driver is loaded before the host controller device appears,
+ * so that the host controller driver can request its DMA channels as early
+ * as possible.
+ *
+ * If the DMA module is not there that's OK as well.
+ */
+MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: platform:" LPSS_IDMA64_DRIVER_NAME);
--
2.23.0.rc1
