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SubjectRe: [RFC] Unifying kernel initialization
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Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> said:
> On Tue, May 04, 1999 at 08:34:29PM +0200, Paul Rusty Russell wrote:

[...]

> > Rather than a numeric priority, give it a name, a list of things that
> > must preceed it, and a list of things it must preceed. Calculate the
> > initialisation order at runtime, and then drop that whole section of
> > code and data after initialization.

> That sounds too much like second system effect to me.

True

> I think a numeric priority is fine. It would be only used in
> exceptional situations anyways, the majority of drivers don't care.

But a list of prerequisites is easy to handle during build using tsort(1),
and easier on the hackers that put the whole thing together.
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