Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:55:31 -0700 | From | Tim Bird <> | Subject | Re: Recommendation for activating a deferred module init in the kernel |
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Tim Bird wrote: >> If you want an explicit trigger, you could either hook into init_post() >> or have hooks in the open functions of drivers with deferred >> initialization. > > This would presumably require multiple calls (one to the open of > each deferred module). I would still need a trigger for the memory > free operation, unless I hardcode the order of the opening and just > "know" that the last one should free the memory. I'll have to see > if all the modules being loaded like this have open()s.
Sorry - I responded too quickly. I'm not sure I follow the original suggestion. How would I call the open function of a module that is not initialized yet? -- Tim
============================= Tim Bird Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Corporation of America =============================
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