Re: [PATCH] rtc: Make rtc-ds1742 driver hotplug-aware

From: Atsushi Nemoto
Date: Sun Aug 19 2007 - 22:17:15 EST


On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:02:04 -0700, David Brownell <david-b@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is indeed a platform driver. And v2 of this patch
> doesn't resolve its "won't hotplug" problem. The simplest
> way to resolve that would be switching to the more widely
> used platform_device_register().

Yes, if the current in-tree users (JMR3927 and RBTX4927 board) really
wanted to hotplug this driver. And I believe they won't :-)

I just want to fix a potential problem in rtc-ds1742 driver for
someone who want to hotplug it. That's all.

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Atsushi Nemoto
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