linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v2] netconsole: switch init_netconsole() to late

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Date:	Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:55:31 +0800
From:	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2] netconsole: switch init_netconsole() to late_initcall
 if build-in

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com> wrote:
> Commit 88491d8(drivers/net: Kconfig & Makefile cleanup) causes a
> regression that netconsole does not work if netconsole and network
> device driver are build into kernel, because netconsole is linked
> before network device driver.
>
> Andrew Morton suggested to fix this with initcall ordering.
> Fixes it by switching init_netconsole() to late_initcall if build-in.
>

Putting one or two lines of comments into the code would
be nicer, otherwise people have to dig git log to see why. ;-)

Thanks!
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