Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:19:58 -0700 | From | Tim Bird <> | Subject | Re: [patch 5/3] fastboot: sync the async execution before late_initcall and move level 6s (sync) first |
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Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 07:29:21PM +0100, Simon Arlott wrote: >>>> There is nothing else to run between 1-2 and 3, so there is no >>>> opportunity >>>> to initialise devices in the background and usblp_init blocks for a >>>> while. >>> If it were a module then it would block in a separate thread and wouldn't >>> hold up the main init process. >> Right, but I want to compile all of this into the kernel. > > Why? It sounds like a trivial solution for you is to actually use > modules. Why go through a lot of extra work to solve something in a > different way that is already solved for you? > > Who is imposing the "no modules allowed" rule on you, and why was it > made?
Sorry for the massively late response.
Don't know how I missed this thread earlier, but I can answer that from my standpoint.
At Sony we have a "no modules if possible" policy to reduce kernel footprint. The size difference for a kernel compiled with modules vs one with external modules is about 10% IRRC. -- Tim
============================= Tim Bird Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Corporation of America =============================
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