Re: Recommendation for activating a deferred module init in the kernel

[Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>]

Tim Bird wrote:
>> If you want an explicit trigger, you could either hook into init_post()
>> or have hooks in the open functions of drivers with deferred
>> initialization.
> 
> This would presumably require multiple calls (one to the open of
> each deferred module).  I would still need a trigger for the memory
> free operation, unless I hardcode the order of the opening and just
> "know" that the last one should free the memory.  I'll have to see
> if all the modules being loaded like this have open()s.

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?
 -- Tim

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Tim Bird
Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum
Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Corporation of America
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