Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932093AbWJJOI5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:08:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932108AbWJJOI4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:08:56 -0400 Received: from mail6.postech.ac.kr ([141.223.1.112]:4741 "EHLO mail6.postech.ac.kr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932093AbWJJOIz (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:08:55 -0400 Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 23:09:33 +0900 From: Seongsu Lee To: Randy Dunlap Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: specifying the order of calling kernel functions (or modules) Message-ID: <20061010140933.GA16075@pooky.senux.com> References: <20060928101724.GA18635@pooky.senux.com> <200609281547.k8SFl3Au004978@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <20060930104205.GB10248@pooky.senux.com> <20060930094731.2fe41e12.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <20061007144139.GA2155@pooky.senux.com> <20061007082752.6ff90517.rdunlap@xenotime.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061007082752.6ff90517.rdunlap@xenotime.net> X-TERRACE-SPAMMARK: NO (SR:8.89) (by Terrace) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1467 Lines: 45 On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 08:27:52AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 23:41:39 +0900 Seongsu Lee wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Thank you for the replys. > > > > I try to phrase differently. > > > > I made a simple kernel module that do 'hello world'. The module will be > > called when I do 'modprobe' or 'insmod' to load it into the memory. > > > > When is the function, init_module(), in the module called in the case > > the module is compiled as a built-in one? (Not M but Y in .config) > > Can I specify the exact time of calling the function, init_module() in > > the module? > > That depends on the order that it is listed in the (nested) > Makefiles. Which sub-directory and Makefile will you use? drivers/mtd/Makefile Yes, I confirmed that the order of being called is same with the order that is listed in the Makefiles. I think it is better to post questions of kernel newbie like this into other mailing lists instead of this, developer list. Anyway, thank you very much for your help. -- Seongsu Lee - http://www.senux.com/ Your job is being a professor and researcher: That's one hell of a good excuse for some of the brain-damages of minix. (Linus Torvalds to Andrew Tanenbaum) - 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/