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SubjectRE: USB init order dependencies.
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Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> > While Jeff and I basically agree on the short-term
> > solution (if one is still needed, altho I'm not aware of
> > any init order problems in USB in 2.4.0-test10), my
> > recollection of Linus's preference (without
> > looking it up) is to remove the calls from init/main.c
> > and to use __initcalls.
>
Russell King wrote:
> The problem for ARM is that Linux does a lot of the initialisation for
> some machines,

but not for ARM ?

> which basically means the hardware isn't setup
> for access
> to the USB device if the USB initialisation was placed in init/main.c
> (this initialisation is done by the very first initcall on
> ARM). However,
> that said, we may be able to get away with only adding
> hw_sa1100_init()
> before the USB call, but this is only one family of the ARM
> machine types.

I'm not following your argument very well. I've read it
and reread it several times.
Does adding a call to usb_init() in init/main.c cause
USB to be init 2 times?
I'm not complaining or arguing against you, just
trying to understand better.

> BTW, I've long lost track of what the original problem that
> sparked off
> this thread was, does someone have a quick reference to it? (please
> reply in private mail). Thanks.

There were several threads but I can't find the
"original" one right now. IIRC, it was simply that
CONFIG_USB=y and CONFIG_USB_*=m (any USB except usbcore
built as modules) caused depmod problems, but that could
be incorrect also.

~Randy

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