This part of driver model is a little subtle, so add some more comments to promote better understanding.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org ---
(no changes since v1)
drivers/core/lists.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/core/lists.c b/drivers/core/lists.c index 2839a9b7371..a84e6a98cb1 100644 --- a/drivers/core/lists.c +++ b/drivers/core/lists.c @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
#define LOG_CATEGORY LOGC_DM
+#include <debug_uart.h> #include <errno.h> #include <log.h> #include <dm/device.h> @@ -50,6 +51,21 @@ struct uclass_driver *lists_uclass_lookup(enum uclass_id id) return NULL; }
+/** + * bind_drivers_pass() - Perform a pass of driver binding + * + * Work through the driver_info records binding a driver for each one. If the + * binding fails, continue binding others, but return the error. + * + * For OF_PLATDATA we must bind parent devices before their children. So only + * children of bound parents are bound on each call to this function. When a + * child is left unbound, -EAGAIN is returned, indicating that this function + * should be called again + * + * @parent: Parent device to use when binding each child device + * Return: 0 if OK, -EAGAIN if unbound children exist, -ENOENT if there is no + * driver for one of the devices, other -ve on other error + */ static int bind_drivers_pass(struct udevice *parent, bool pre_reloc_only) { struct driver_info *info =