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Message-ID: <20080617163516.2be96400@vader.jdub.homelinux.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:35:16 -0400
From: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...il.com>
To: Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>
Cc: Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>,
linux-embedded <linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org>,
linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Recommendation for activating a deferred module init in the
kernel
On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:23:19 +0200
Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 17 June 2008 12:55:31 -0700, Tim Bird wrote:
> >
> > Sorry - I responded too quickly. I'm not sure I follow the
> > original suggestion. How would I call the open function of
> > a module that is not initialized yet?
>
> Hmm, good point. I guess that suggestion has just failed the reality
> test.
Have a simple module that calls the initialization functions for
anything with a deferred init. Then you can open that and use an ioctl
to...
I think if we try really really hard, we can make this a Rube-Goldberg
Machine!
josh
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