Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 12 Jan 2001 03:12:47 +0100 | From | Ingo Oeser <> | Subject | Re: Where did vm_operations_struct->unmap in 2.4.0 go? |
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On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 12:14:44AM +1100, Keith Owens wrote: > >What happens when we get a loop in init order because of binding and other init > >order conflicts? > > The kernel does not support circular dependencies between providers and > consumers. It does not matter whether they are built into vmlinux or > loaded as modules, there can be no loops in the directed graph of > dependencies. It just does not make sense.
So why don't we use sth. like depmod for these issues and get the link order automagically (like we get module load order)?
Keith: Perhaps you could explain, why this is impossible.
Regards
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