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From: Rob Herring <robherring2@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 21:13:34 -0500
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On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org> wrote:
> I see some open slots for Monday, there is some overlap in interest
> between the Audio workshop folks and the tech topic for Tuesday
> "addressing complex dependencies". We seem to have come to some
> arrangement to split topics up to avoid such overlap, but one subject
> overlapping both, but that seems more appropriate for the core day is
> "Generic drivers":
>
> Having some generic device driver load, prior to a specific driver,
> and issues / maintenance issues that come with the hacks currently in
> place to support this / re-invent the wheel to support this per
> subsystem.

This is a looming, unsolved problem for DT as well. We can potentially
bind different drivers to same device if the device has multiple
compatible strings. There's not any control of which one binds first
either other than link or initcall order.

> It might be good then to move this to a Monday slot, provided most
> interested folks can and will be there. Thoughts?

I'd like to be there and won't be there on Mon.

BTW, is there a schedule for Tues published?

Rob