how to force probe to be called (ethernet driver) ?

ranchu

Guru 20755 points

Hello,

I write ethernet driver (mac controller is implemented in fpga connected to cpu)

I see that the probe is not called on doing insmod.

Is there a way to force the probe to be called on doing insmod ?

I could not find in the board file (omap dart) any reference to ethernet.

Regards,

Ran

over 10 years ago

0 Titusrathinaraj Stalin over 10 years ago

TI__Guru** 116100 points

Dear Ran,
Typically when you register the driver in board file, you should mention the driver name, that driver name should match with device name, if device get detected by kernel, it will call the corresponding driver probe function.
Please make sure that you have registered the platform driver properly in board file.

0 ranchu over 10 years ago in reply to Titusrathinaraj Stalin

Guru 20755 points

We use omap4 with ubuntu (dart), it seems that for a simple ethernet module, I must change the board file, Right ?
building the kernel in ubuntu takes almost 2 hours ... :(
Not sure how I can do it better... Maybe I should move from ubuntu to other filesystem....

0 Titusrathinaraj Stalin over 10 years ago in reply to ranchu

TI__Guru** 116100 points

Yes, you need to change the board file too, you can refer the board file for other Ethernet driver registering.

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