Re: [patch 5/3] fastboot: sync the async execution before late_initcall and move level 6s (sync) first

Greg KH
2008-07-31T21:58:42Z

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 07:29:21PM +0100, Simon Arlott wrote:
>>> There is nothing else to run between 1-2 and 3, so there is no
>>> opportunity
>>> to initialise devices in the background and usblp_init blocks for a
>>> while.
>> If it were a module then it would block in a separate thread and wouldn't
>> hold up the main init process.
>
> Right, but I want to compile all of this into the kernel.

Why? It sounds like a trivial solution for you is to actually use
modules. Why go through a lot of extra work to solve something in a
different way that is already solved for you?

Who is imposing the "no modules allowed" rule on you, and why was it
made?

thanks,

greg k-h