Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 31 Jan 2000 08:28:32 -0600 (CST) | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [linux-usb] __initcall diff, version 2 |
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Hi, > > I like the idea of this __initcall patch for USB. > However, I've searched other 2.3.4x drivers and found > very little use of __initcall. > > Is this because __initcall is relatively new, or that > there are problems with it? If problems, what kinds > of problems?
Because it's new. :)
I am slowly moving drivers over to initcall -- you'll notice a couple more in the 2.3.41 patch.
The only "gotcha" is initialization order -- if initialization order is critical, you must guarantee that via Makefile link order.
Jeff
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