Re: [PATCH 2/2] staging: wfx: apply the necessary SDIO quirks for the Silabs WF200

[Kalle Valo]

Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, 17 Feb 2022 at 10:59, Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Jerome Pouiller <Jerome.Pouiller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>> > From: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> >
>> > Until now, the SDIO quirks are applied directly from the driver.
>> > However, it is better to apply the quirks before driver probing. So,
>> > this patch relocate the quirks in the MMC framework.
>>
>> It would be good to know how this is better, what's the concrete
>> advantage?
>
> The mmc core has a quirk interface for all types of cards
> (eMMC/SD/SDIO), which thus keeps these things from sprinkling to
> drivers. In some cases, the quirk needs to be applied already during
> card initialization, which is earlier than when probing an SDIO func
> driver or the MMC block device driver.
>
> Perhaps it's a good idea to explain a bit about this in the commit message.

I would add the whole paragraph to the commit log :)

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