linux-kernel - Re: specifying the order of calling kernel functions (or modules)

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Message-Id: <20061007082752.6ff90517.rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Date:	Sat, 7 Oct 2006 08:27:52 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Seongsu Lee <senux@...ux.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Subject: Re: specifying the order of calling kernel functions (or modules)

On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 23:41:39 +0900 Seongsu Lee wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Thank you for the replys.
> 
> I try to phrase differently.
> 
> I made a simple kernel module that do 'hello world'. The module will be
> called when I do 'modprobe' or 'insmod' to load it into the memory.
> 
> When is the function, init_module(), in the module called in the case 
> the module is compiled as a built-in one? (Not M but Y in .config)
> Can I specify the exact time of calling the function, init_module() in
> the module?

That depends on the order that it is listed in the (nested)
Makefiles.  Which sub-directory and Makefile will you use?

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~Randy
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