Kobject: the cris iop_fw_load.c code is broken

This code is really really really broken.  So much so that it's almost
impossible to fix with a simple patch, so just comment out the offending
registration with the kobject core, and mark the driver as broken.

The problem is that the code is trying to register a "raw" struct
device, which is not allowed.  struct device is only for use within the
driver model.  This is being done to try to use the firmware layer which
wants a struct device.  To properly fix this, use something easy, like a
platform device, which is a struct device and can be used for this kind
of thing.

Cc: Mikael Starvik <starvik@axis.com>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
This commit is contained in:
Greg Kroah-Hartman 2007-12-17 23:05:35 -07:00
parent 542eb75a27
commit 52840bd628

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@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
#define IOP_TIMEOUT 100
#error "This driver is broken with regard to its driver core usage."
#error "Please contact <greg@kroah.com> for details on how to fix it properly."
static struct device iop_spu_device[2] = {
{ .bus_id = "iop-spu0", },
{ .bus_id = "iop-spu1", },
@ -192,6 +195,13 @@ int iop_start_mpu(unsigned int start_addr)
static int __init iop_fw_load_init(void)
{
#if 0
/*
* static struct devices can not be added directly to sysfs by ignoring
* the driver model infrastructure. To fix this properly, please use
* the platform_bus to register these devices to be able to properly
* use the firmware infrastructure.
*/
device_initialize(&iop_spu_device[0]);
kobject_set_name(&iop_spu_device[0].kobj, "iop-spu0");
kobject_add(&iop_spu_device[0].kobj);
@ -201,6 +211,7 @@ static int __init iop_fw_load_init(void)
device_initialize(&iop_mpu_device);
kobject_set_name(&iop_mpu_device.kobj, "iop-mpu");
kobject_add(&iop_mpu_device.kobj);
#endif
return 0;
}