linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI / GED: use late init to allow other drivers init

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Date:   Mon, 24 Apr 2017 21:43:13 -0400
From:   Sinan Kaya <okaya@...eaurora.org>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc:     ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI / GED: use late init to allow other drivers init


> My point is that nothing guarantees a specific ordering or timing of
> module loading in general, so moving stuff to different initcall
> levels does not really help 100% of the time.
> 

Are you talking about init vs. probe in general?

Sorry, I'm trying to decode what you mean to see if there is some other behavior
that I'm not aware of in ACPI.



-- 
Sinan Kaya
Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies, Inc. as an affiliate of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.