Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750992AbVKWPVT (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:21:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750999AbVKWPVT (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:21:19 -0500 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:45793 "EHLO mx2.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750998AbVKWPVS (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:21:18 -0500 To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Andrew Morton , Jon Smirl , lkml Subject: Re: Early boot issues (WAS: Christmas list for the kernel) References: <9e4733910511221031o44dd90caq2b24fbac1a1bae7b@mail.gmail.com> <20051122204918.GA5299@kroah.com> <1132729836.26560.318.camel@gaston> From: Andi Kleen Date: 23 Nov 2005 12:47:59 -0700 In-Reply-To: <1132729836.26560.318.camel@gaston> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 549 Lines: 9 Benjamin Herrenschmidt writes: > > I think it is be rather very unsafe to have /sbin/hotplug be called > before the system finishes with all initcalls... Yes it is - it unconvered some very interesting MM problems on x86-64 (now fixed, but there might be more lurking) -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/