On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 01:05 +0200, maximilian attems wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Apr 2005, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> > Rusty, can you explain when __setup functions are called relative
> > to in-kernel init functions? or put another way, can a __setup
> > function safely call in __init function?
Yes. init sections are discarded just before "init" is exec'ed, ie. at
the last moment in the boot process. __setup() functions are called at
the same time as module_param() parsing, which is all done before the
various initcall/module_init calls.
Cheers,
Rusty.
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