> So it makes perfect sense to say > > "you won't be getting any notification by anything built-in, until > 'device_initcall' (which is the default module_init, of course)". > > which in the case of certain drivers obviously _does_ mean that they had > better not try to use any early initcalls to load firmware. And that will fix some other issues I think I've seen (a while ago, I might have a memory mixup here) related to /sbin/hotplug being called before /dev/null & /dev/zero are initialized (they are fs_initcall). At least with that patch, it won't happen. Ben. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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