From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752600Ab1LHLIe (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2011 06:08:34 -0500 Received: from wavehammer.waldi.eu.org ([82.139.201.20]:44261 "EHLO wavehammer.waldi.eu.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751677Ab1LHLIb (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2011 06:08:31 -0500 Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 12:08:27 +0100 From: Bastian Blank To: Ian Campbell , "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "konrad.wilk@oracle.com" Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 3/4] xen: Add xenbusd device driver Message-ID: <20111208110827.GA32300@wavehammer.waldi.eu.org> Mail-Followup-To: Bastian Blank , Ian Campbell , "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "konrad.wilk@oracle.com" References: <1323292396-19523-1-git-send-email-waldi@debian.org> <1323292396-19523-4-git-send-email-waldi@debian.org> <1323332686.2969.49.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> <20111208092757.GA22678@wavehammer.waldi.eu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20111208092757.GA22678@wavehammer.waldi.eu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 10:27:58AM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: > I even think about registering this device from xenstored_local_init in > xenbus_probe.c. Then it will be available only if the kernel also owns > the communcation ring. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to register character devices from a postcore_initcall. Isn't this function called a bit early anyway? Bastian -- Each kiss is as the first. -- Miramanee, Kirk's wife, "The Paradise Syndrome", stardate 4842.6