Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] USB: Add driver for NXP ISP1301 USB transceiver

[Roland Stigge]

On 04/16/2012 04:14 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> This driver needs to be probe()d before the respective USB driver using it. For
>> modules, this is handled via the module dependency. When linking statically, it
>> is done via linking order in the Makefile (misc/ before host/ and the gadget/).
> 
> You can easily avoid the link order restriction now by returning -EPROBE_DEFER
> from the probe function of the device that needs this one.

That's exactly what I was looking for! :-)

Same for the phandle idea.

Will include the resp. changes in the next update

Thanks,

Roland
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