Re: [PATCH v7 1/7] driver core: Add support for linking devices during device addition

2019-08-21 Thread Frank Rowand
On 8/20/19 3:10 PM, Saravana Kannan wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 9:25 PM Frank Rowand wrote: >> >> On 8/19/19 5:00 PM, Saravana Kannan wrote: >>> On Sun, Aug 18, 2019 at 8:38 PM Frank Rowand wrote: < snip > >>> >>> 3. The supplier info doesn't always need to come from a firmware. So I

Re: [PATCH v7 1/7] driver core: Add support for linking devices during device addition

2019-08-20 Thread Frank Rowand
...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> On 8/15/19 6:50 PM, Saravana Kannan wrote: > > >>>>> On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 7:04 PM Frank Rowand > mailto:frowand.l...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > >>>>>

Re: [PATCH v7 1/7] driver core: Add support for linking devices during device addition

2019-08-20 Thread Saravana Kannan
owand > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On 8/15/19 6:50 PM, Saravana Kannan wrote: > >>>>> On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 7:04 PM Frank Rowand > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Date: Tue,

Re: [PATCH v7 1/7] driver core: Add support for linking devices during device addition

2019-08-20 Thread Saravana Kannan
19 at 7:04 PM Frank Rowand > > >>>>> wrote: > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>>> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 17:10:54 -0700 > > >>>>>>> Subject: [PATCH v7 1/7] driver core: Add support for linking > > >>>&g

Re: [PATCH v7 1/7] driver core: Add support for linking devices during device addition

2019-08-20 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
9 at 8:38 PM Frank Rowand > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On 8/15/19 6:50 PM, Saravana Kannan wrote: > >>>>> On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 7:04 PM Frank Rowand > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>

Re: [PATCH v7 1/7] driver core: Add support for linking devices during device addition

2019-08-20 Thread Frank Rowand
nnan wrote: >>>>> On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 7:04 PM Frank Rowand >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 17:10:54 -0700 >>>>>>> Subject: [PATCH v7 1/7] driver core: Add support for linking devices &

Re: [PATCH v7 1/7] driver core: Add support for linking devices during device addition

2019-08-20 Thread Saravana Kannan
Rowand > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 17:10:54 -0700 > >>>>> Subject: [PATCH v7 1/7] driver core: Add support for linking devices > >>>>> during > >>>>> device addition > >

Re: [PATCH v7 1/7] driver core: Add support for linking devices during device addition

2019-08-19 Thread Frank Rowand
On 8/19/19 5:00 PM, Saravana Kannan wrote: > On Sun, Aug 18, 2019 at 8:38 PM Frank Rowand wrote: >> >> On 8/15/19 6:50 PM, Saravana Kannan wrote: >>> On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 7:04 PM Frank Rowand wrote: >>>> >>>>> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 17:10:54 -

Re: [PATCH v7 1/7] driver core: Add support for linking devices during device addition

2019-08-19 Thread Saravana Kannan
On Sun, Aug 18, 2019 at 8:38 PM Frank Rowand wrote: > > On 8/15/19 6:50 PM, Saravana Kannan wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 7:04 PM Frank Rowand wrote: > >> > >>> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 17:10:54 -0700 > >>> Subject: [PATCH v7 1/7] driver core:

Re: [PATCH v7 1/7] driver core: Add support for linking devices during device addition

2019-08-18 Thread Frank Rowand
On 8/15/19 6:50 PM, Saravana Kannan wrote: > On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 7:04 PM Frank Rowand wrote: >> >>> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 17:10:54 -0700 >>> Subject: [PATCH v7 1/7] driver core: Add support for linking devices during >>> device addition >>> Fr

Re: [PATCH v7 1/7] driver core: Add support for linking devices during device addition

2019-08-15 Thread Saravana Kannan
On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 7:04 PM Frank Rowand wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 17:10:54 -0700 > > Subject: [PATCH v7 1/7] driver core: Add support for linking devices during > > device addition > > From: Saravana Kannan > > > > When devices are added, th

Re: [PATCH v7 1/7] driver core: Add support for linking devices during device addition

2019-08-07 Thread Frank Rowand
> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 17:10:54 -0700 > Subject: [PATCH v7 1/7] driver core: Add support for linking devices during > device addition > From: Saravana Kannan > > When devices are added, the bus might want to create device links to track > functional dependencies between

[PATCH v7 1/7] driver core: Add support for linking devices during device addition

2019-07-23 Thread Saravana Kannan
When devices are added, the bus might want to create device links to track functional dependencies between supplier and consumer devices. This tracking of supplier-consumer relationship allows optimizing device probe order and tracking whether all consumers of a supplier are active. The add_links b