Re: [PATCH] drm/i2c: tda998x: don't register the connector

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Subject	Re: [PATCH] drm/i2c: tda998x: don't register the connector
Date	Mon, 25 Jul 2016 14:30:01 +0200
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On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 11:55:48AM +0100, Brian Starkey wrote:
> The connector shouldn't be registered until the rest of the whole device
> is set up, so that consistent state is presented to userspace.
> 
> As drm_dev_register() now registers all of the connectors anyway,
> there's no need to explicitly do it in individual drivers so remove
> the calls to drm_connector_register()/drm_connector_unregister().
> 
> This allows componentised drivers to use tda998x without having racy
> initialisation.

Is there a corresponding patch for armada-drm so that the cubox doesn't
regress?  Has it already been merged?

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[PATCH] drm/i2c: tda998x: don't register the connector Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@arm.com> - 2016-07-25 13:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] drm/i2c: tda998x: don't register the connector Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> - 2016-07-25 14:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] drm/i2c: tda998x: don't register the connector Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@arm.com> - 2016-07-25 15:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] drm/i2c: tda998x: don't register the connector Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2016-07-25 17:10 +0200

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