Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:56:01 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [patch 5/3] fastboot: sync the async execution before late_initcall and move level 6s (sync) first |
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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?
thanks,
greg k-h
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