From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Tingwei Zhang <quic_tingweiz@quicinc.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Trilok Soni <quic_tsoni@quicinc.com>,
Jinlong Mao <quic_jinlmao@quicinc.com>
Subject: Re: How to pass software configuration to driver built as module in boot up phase
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:44:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2023103137-dowry-passover-c285@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b97123bd-7acc-43a7-aff4-e1696511ba05@quicinc.com>
On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 06:01:44PM +0800, Tingwei Zhang wrote:
> > Why do you need this before init? Specific reasons please.
> >
> There are some case that some driver broke Kernel in development phase and
> those bad driver could cause device crash in very early boot up phase.
Then work on that in the development phase of your system, don't make it
a requirement for us for this.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-10-31 10:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-30 11:21 How to pass software configuration to driver built as module in boot up phase Tingwei Zhang
2023-10-30 11:30 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2023-10-31 2:56 ` Tingwei Zhang
2023-10-31 6:58 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2023-10-31 10:01 ` Tingwei Zhang
2023-10-31 10:44 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2023-10-30 23:35 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2023-10-31 3:00 ` Tingwei Zhang
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