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Message-ID: <4759DE63.7010206@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 08:59:31 +0900
From: Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
CC: sam@...nborg.org, Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
notting@...hat.com, rusty@...tcorp.com.au, kay.sievers@...y.org,
greg@...ah.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: implement modules.order
Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 10:49:37PM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
>> When multiple built-in modules (especially drivers) provide the same
>> capability, they're prioritized by link order specified by the order
>> listed in Makefile. This implicit ordering is lost for loadable
>> modules.
>> ...
>
> What exactly are the drivers you are thinking of?
>
> I would rather see us getting away from any link order dependencies.
>
> E.g. we might one day want to compile the whole kernel with one gcc call
> (using "--combine -fwhole-program").
The following bugzilla triggered this change and I think contains enough
discussion on the subject.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8933
Thanks.
--
tejun
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