Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 08 Dec 2007 08:59:31 +0900 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kbuild: implement modules.order |
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Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 10:49:37PM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote: >> When multiple built-in modules (especially drivers) provide the same >> capability, they're prioritized by link order specified by the order >> listed in Makefile. This implicit ordering is lost for loadable >> modules. >> ... > > What exactly are the drivers you are thinking of? > > I would rather see us getting away from any link order dependencies. > > E.g. we might one day want to compile the whole kernel with one gcc call > (using "--combine -fwhole-program").
The following bugzilla triggered this change and I think contains enough discussion on the subject.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8933
Thanks.
-- tejun
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