Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-22 Thread Rob Herring
On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > On 28 May 2015 at 06:33, Rob Herring wrote: >> On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Tomeu Vizoso >> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I have a problem with the panel on my Tegra Chromebook taking longer than >>> expected to be ready during boot (Stépha

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-22 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On 28 May 2015 at 06:33, Rob Herring wrote: > On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Tomeu Vizoso > wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have a problem with the panel on my Tegra Chromebook taking longer than >> expected to be ready during boot (Stéphane Marchesin reported what is >> basically the same issue in [0

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-15 Thread Alexander Holler
Am 15.06.2015 um 10:58 schrieb Linus Walleij: On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 8:27 PM, Alexander Holler wrote: And because you've said that "problem space is a bit convoluted" and I disagree, here's a summary from my point of view: 1. All the necessary information (dependencies between drivers) alrea

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-15 Thread Linus Walleij
On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 8:27 PM, Alexander Holler wrote: > And because you've said that "problem space is a bit convoluted" and I > disagree, here's a summary from my point of view: > > 1. All the necessary information (dependencies between drivers) already > exists at compile time. The set of de

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-13 Thread Alexander Holler
Am 12.06.2015 um 13:36 schrieb Alexander Holler: Am 12.06.2015 um 13:19 schrieb Alexander Holler: Am 12.06.2015 um 09:25 schrieb Linus Walleij: On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 6:40 PM, Alexander Holler wrote: Am 11.06.2015 um 14:30 schrieb Linus Walleij: Certainly it is possible to create deadlock

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-12 Thread Alexander Holler
Am 12.06.2015 um 13:19 schrieb Alexander Holler: Am 12.06.2015 um 09:25 schrieb Linus Walleij: On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 6:40 PM, Alexander Holler wrote: Am 11.06.2015 um 14:30 schrieb Linus Walleij: Certainly it is possible to create deadlocks in this scenario, but the scope is not to create

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-12 Thread Alexander Holler
Am 12.06.2015 um 09:25 schrieb Linus Walleij: On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 6:40 PM, Alexander Holler wrote: Am 11.06.2015 um 14:30 schrieb Linus Walleij: Certainly it is possible to create deadlocks in this scenario, but the scope is not to create an ubreakable system. IAnd what happens if you

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-12 Thread Linus Walleij
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 6:40 PM, Alexander Holler wrote: > Am 11.06.2015 um 14:30 schrieb Linus Walleij: >> Certainly it is possible to create deadlocks in this scenario, but the >> scope is not to create an ubreakable system. > > IAnd what happens if you run into a deadlock? Do you print "you've

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-11 Thread Alexander Holler
Am 11.06.2015 um 14:30 schrieb Linus Walleij: On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Alexander Holler wrote: Am 11.06.2015 um 10:12 schrieb Linus Walleij: On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Alexander Holler wrote: You would end up with the same problem of deadlocks as currently, and you would st

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-11 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On 06/11/2015 12:17 PM, Alexander Holler wrote: > Am 11.06.2015 um 10:12 schrieb Linus Walleij: >> On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Alexander Holler >> wrote: >>> Am 10.06.2015 um 09:30 schrieb Linus Walleij: >> i2c host comes out, probes the regulator driver, regulator driver probes a

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-11 Thread Linus Walleij
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Alexander Holler wrote: > Am 11.06.2015 um 10:12 schrieb Linus Walleij: >> On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Alexander Holler >> wrote: >>> You would end up with the same problem of deadlocks as currently, and you >>> would still need something ugly like the def

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-11 Thread Alexander Holler
Am 11.06.2015 um 13:24 schrieb Alexander Holler: > Am 11.06.2015 um 12:17 schrieb Alexander Holler: >> Am 11.06.2015 um 10:12 schrieb Linus Walleij: >>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Alexander Holler >>> wrote: Am 10.06.2015 um 09:30 schrieb Linus Walleij: >>> > i2c host comes out, pr

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-11 Thread Alexander Holler
Am 11.06.2015 um 12:17 schrieb Alexander Holler: Am 11.06.2015 um 10:12 schrieb Linus Walleij: On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Alexander Holler wrote: Am 10.06.2015 um 09:30 schrieb Linus Walleij: i2c host comes out, probes the regulator driver, regulator driver probes and then the regula

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-11 Thread Alexander Holler
Am 11.06.2015 um 10:12 schrieb Linus Walleij: On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Alexander Holler wrote: Am 10.06.2015 um 09:30 schrieb Linus Walleij: i2c host comes out, probes the regulator driver, regulator driver probes and then the regulator_get() call returns. This requires instrumenta

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-11 Thread Linus Walleij
On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 12:19 PM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > On 10 June 2015 at 09:30, Linus Walleij wrote: >> regulator_get(...) -> not available, so: >> - identify target regulator provider - this will need instrumentation >> - probe it >> >> It then turns out the regulator driver is on the i2c bus

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-11 Thread Linus Walleij
On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Alexander Holler wrote: > Am 10.06.2015 um 09:30 schrieb Linus Walleij: >> i2c host comes out, probes the regulator driver, regulator driver >> probes and then the regulator_get() call returns. >> >> This requires instrumentation on anything providing a resource

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-10 Thread Andrzej Hajda
On 06/10/2015 12:19 PM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > On 10 June 2015 at 09:30, Linus Walleij wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Tomeu Vizoso >> wrote: >>> On 2 June 2015 at 10:48, Linus Walleij wrote: >> This is what systemd is doing in userspace for starting services: ask for your de

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-10 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On 10 June 2015 at 09:30, Linus Walleij wrote: > On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Tomeu Vizoso > wrote: >> On 2 June 2015 at 10:48, Linus Walleij wrote: > >>> This is what systemd is doing in userspace for starting services: >>> ask for your dependencies and wait for them if they are not >>> the

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-10 Thread Linus Walleij
On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > On 2 June 2015 at 10:48, Linus Walleij wrote: >> This is what systemd is doing in userspace for starting services: >> ask for your dependencies and wait for them if they are not >> there. So drivers ask for resources and wait for them. It al

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-08 Thread Alexander Holler
Am 08.06.2015 um 20:14 schrieb Alexander Holler: Am 08.06.2015 um 14:26 schrieb Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult: Am 04.06.2015 um 22:39 schrieb Alexander Holler: > As it seems to have been forgotten or overread, I've mentioned in my series of patches last year that, with a few changes, it's

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-08 Thread Alexander Holler
Am 08.06.2015 um 14:26 schrieb Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult: Am 04.06.2015 um 22:39 schrieb Alexander Holler: > As it seems to have been forgotten or overread, I've mentioned in my series of patches last year that, with a few changes, it's possible to let the algorithm I've used (dfs) to s

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-08 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
Am 04.06.2015 um 22:39 schrieb Alexander Holler: > As it seems to have been forgotten or overread, I've mentioned in my series of patches last year that, with a few changes, it's possible to let the algorithm I've used (dfs) to spit out all drivers which can be initialized in parallel. Unfortu

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-04 Thread Alexander Holler
Am 03.06.2015 um 23:12 schrieb Rob Clark: > On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Tomeu Vizoso > wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have a problem with the panel on my Tegra Chromebook taking longer than >> expected to be ready during boot (Stéphane Marchesin reported what is >> basically the same issue in [0])

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-04 Thread Alexander Holler
Am 03.06.2015 um 21:57 schrieb grygorii.stras...@linaro.org: ... > So few comments from above: > - registering devices later during the System boot may improve boot time. > But resolving of all deferred probes may NOT improve boot time ;) > Have you seen smth like this? If someone is out fo

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-04 Thread grygorii.stras...@linaro.org
On 06/04/2015 11:39 AM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > On 3 June 2015 at 21:57, grygorii.stras...@linaro.org > wrote: >> On 05/28/2015 07:33 AM, Rob Herring wrote: >>> On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Tomeu Vizoso >>> wrote: I have a problem with the panel on my Tegra Chromebook taking longer than >

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-04 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On 3 June 2015 at 21:57, grygorii.stras...@linaro.org wrote: > Hi Tomeu, > > On 05/28/2015 07:33 AM, Rob Herring wrote: >> On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Tomeu Vizoso >> wrote: >>> I have a problem with the panel on my Tegra Chromebook taking longer than >>> expected to be ready during boot (S

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-03 Thread Rob Clark
On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > Hello, > > I have a problem with the panel on my Tegra Chromebook taking longer than > expected to be ready during boot (Stéphane Marchesin reported what is > basically the same issue in [0]), and have looked into ordered probing as a > bette

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-03 Thread grygorii.stras...@linaro.org
Hi Tomeu, On 05/28/2015 07:33 AM, Rob Herring wrote: > On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Tomeu Vizoso > wrote: >> I have a problem with the panel on my Tegra Chromebook taking longer than >> expected to be ready during boot (Stéphane Marchesin reported what is >> basically the same issue in [0]),

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-02 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On 2 June 2015 at 10:48, Linus Walleij wrote: > On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Tomeu Vizoso > wrote: > >> have looked into ordered probing as a >> better way of solving this than moving nodes around in the DT or playing with >> initcall levels. >> >> While reading the thread [1] that Alexander

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-06-02 Thread Linus Walleij
On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > have looked into ordered probing as a > better way of solving this than moving nodes around in the DT or playing with > initcall levels. > > While reading the thread [1] that Alexander Holler started with his series to > make probing order de

Re: [PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-05-27 Thread Rob Herring
On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > Hello, > > I have a problem with the panel on my Tegra Chromebook taking longer than > expected to be ready during boot (Stéphane Marchesin reported what is > basically the same issue in [0]), and have looked into ordered probing as a > better

[PATCH 00/21] On-demand device registration

2015-05-25 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
Hello, I have a problem with the panel on my Tegra Chromebook taking longer than expected to be ready during boot (Stéphane Marchesin reported what is basically the same issue in [0]), and have looked into ordered probing as a better way of solving this than moving nodes around in the DT or playin