On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:01:43 +0100
Sam Ravnborg <[email protected]> wrote:
> So of the principle of least suprise it is best to use __devinit
> for the probe function as most other drivers do. And if
> the driver model happens to call your probe function after
> init time then we will not oops.
If you're dealing with platform_devices, you can use
platform_driver_probe() and remove the probe() function from the
platform_driver struct to ensure this never happens.
This is only ok for non-hotpluggable devices, of course.
Haavard
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