linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] fsl-dma: allow Freescale Elo DMA driver to be compiled as a module

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Date:	Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:40:20 -0500
From:	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>
To:	Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com>
Cc:	Li Yang <leoli@...escale.com>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	dan.j.williams@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] fsl-dma: allow Freescale Elo DMA driver to be compiled as a module

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 08:54:30AM -0500, Timur Tabi wrote:
> Li Yang wrote:
> 
> >> -subsys_initcall(of_fsl_dma_chan_init);
> >>  subsys_initcall(of_fsl_dma_init);
> > 
> > Not a critical problem.  But module_init() are preferred for modules.
> 
> This was intentional.  When compiled as a module, subsys_initcall becomes
> module_init().  When compiled in-kernel, this code is initialized before most
> drivers, so it's ready when the drivers are loaded.

If there's a dependency there, how will it work when this is built as a
module?

-Scott
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