From: Simon Kagstrom <simon.kagstrom@netinsight.net>
To: dedekind1@gmail.com
Cc: linux-mtd <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 4/4]: mtdoops: refactor as a kmsg_dumper
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:46:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091111104615.2ea67205@marrow.netinsight.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1257869493.21596.809.camel@localhost>
On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:11:33 +0200
> Do we really need this notifiers? Would not it be better to open mtd
> device straight in the module_init function instead?
If the mtdoops driver is built into the kernel, module_init might be
(and I believe will be) called before the MTD partitions have been
created. With the MTD notifiers, this problem is worked around.
// Simon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-11 9:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-15 7:40 [PATCH v7 0/5]: mtdoops: fixes and improvements Simon Kagstrom
2009-10-15 7:47 ` [PATCH v7 1/5]: mtdoops: avoid erasing already empty areas Simon Kagstrom
2009-10-23 3:57 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-10-15 7:47 ` [PATCH v7 2/5]: mtdoops: Keep track of used/unused mtdoops pages in an array Simon Kagstrom
2009-10-23 4:08 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-10-15 7:47 ` [PATCH v7 3/5]: mtdoops: Make page (record) size configurable Simon Kagstrom
2009-10-23 4:13 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-10-23 6:58 ` Simon Kagstrom
2009-10-15 7:48 ` [PATCH v7 4/5]: core: Add kernel message dumper to call on oopses and panics Simon Kagstrom
2009-10-15 9:31 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-15 14:10 ` [PATCH v8 4/5] " Simon Kagstrom
2009-10-15 15:46 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-16 7:46 ` [PATCH v9 " Simon Kagstrom
2009-10-16 8:09 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-16 8:24 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-10-16 9:25 ` [PATCH v10 " Simon Kagstrom
2009-10-16 10:10 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-16 11:00 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-10-16 12:57 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-16 12:09 ` [PATCH v11 " Simon Kagstrom
2009-10-19 11:48 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-10-19 12:50 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-21 23:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-10-22 6:25 ` Simon Kagstrom
2009-10-22 6:36 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-10-22 6:42 ` Simon Kagstrom
2009-10-22 8:52 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-10-22 8:58 ` Simon Kagstrom
2009-10-23 7:22 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-23 15:53 ` Shargorodsky Atal (EXT-Teleca/Helsinki)
2009-10-24 17:05 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-10-26 10:40 ` Shargorodsky Atal (EXT-Teleca/Helsinki)
2009-10-26 7:41 ` Simon Kagstrom
2009-10-26 10:36 ` Shargorodsky Atal (EXT-Teleca/Helsinki)
2009-10-26 11:53 ` Simon Kagstrom
2009-10-26 15:13 ` Shargorodsky Atal (EXT-Teleca/Helsinki)
2009-10-26 15:37 ` Simon Kagstrom
2009-10-16 11:25 ` [PATCH v10 " Aaro Koskinen
2009-10-15 7:48 ` [PATCH v7 5/5]: mtdoops: refactor as a kmsg_dumper Simon Kagstrom
2009-10-15 14:10 ` [PATCH v8 " Simon Kagstrom
2009-10-16 7:46 ` [PATCH v9 " Simon Kagstrom
2009-10-23 4:32 ` [PATCH v7 " Artem Bityutskiy
2009-10-23 6:34 ` Simon Kagstrom
2010-01-06 14:33 ` David Woodhouse
2010-01-07 6:47 ` Simon Kagstrom
2009-10-29 12:35 ` [PATCH v12 0/4]: mtdoops: fixes and improvements Simon Kagstrom
2009-10-29 12:41 ` [PATCH v12 1/4]: mtdoops: Keep track of used/unused mtdoops pages in an array Simon Kagstrom
2009-10-29 15:24 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-10-29 12:41 ` [PATCH v12 2/4]: mtdoops: Add a maximum MTD partition size Simon Kagstrom
2009-10-29 15:27 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-11-03 6:23 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-10-29 12:41 ` [PATCH v12 3/4]: mtdoops: Make page (record) size configurable Simon Kagstrom
2009-11-03 6:23 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-11-03 7:27 ` Simon Kagstrom
2009-11-03 7:45 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-10-29 12:41 ` [PATCH v12 4/4]: mtdoops: refactor as a kmsg_dumper Simon Kagstrom
2009-11-03 7:29 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-11-03 13:19 ` [PATCH v13 " Simon Kagstrom
2009-11-10 9:55 ` Simon Kagstrom
2009-11-10 11:53 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-11-10 11:58 ` Simon Kagstrom
2009-11-10 16:04 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-11-10 16:11 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-11-11 9:46 ` Simon Kagstrom [this message]
2009-11-11 10:29 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-11-11 11:27 ` Simon Kagstrom
2009-11-11 11:34 ` Artem Bityutskiy
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