linux-kernel - Re: [-mm patch] the ASYNC_* options shouldn't be user visible

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Message-ID: <20070604192000.GZ5500@stusta.de>
Date:	Mon, 4 Jun 2007 21:20:02 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	"Williams, Dan J" <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [-mm patch] the ASYNC_* options shouldn't be user visible

On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 11:25:02AM -0700, Williams, Dan J wrote:
> > From: Williams, Dan J
> > >
> > > BTW: Please move the async_tx directory under drivers/ or lib/
> > >
> One caveat with this... md.o needs xor.o to be initialized first.
> Moving xor.o under lib/ means this assumption is broken since the
> top-level Makefile puts 'libs' after 'drivers'.
>...

What about using a different initcall level?

Depending on the link order is not such a good idea.

cu
Adrian

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