Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:25:05 +0100 | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | Subject | Re: sparc boot failure due to perf init |
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> > } > > > > -arch_initcall(pcr_arch_init); > > +early_initcall(pcr_arch_init); > > > I just realized, doesn't this make bootability depend on link order? Yes.
> Since both the pmu init and its dependencies are now early_initcall() > how do we guarantee pcr_arch_init() and cpu_type_probe() are in fact > called _before_ init_hw_perf_events()?
Today this is achieved by perf_event.o being located last in the Makefile in arch/sparc/kernel/
It deserves a comment..
Sam
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