Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933099AbXAaLwl (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:52:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933091AbXAaLwl (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:52:41 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:48881 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933105AbXAaLwk (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:52:40 -0500 Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:50:56 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Daniel Walker Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, johnstul@us.ibm.com, Thomas Gleixner Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/23] clocksource: increase initcall priority Message-ID: <20070131115055.GD1847@elte.hu> References: <20070131033710.420168478@mvista.com> <20070131033807.427331295@mvista.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070131033807.427331295@mvista.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.3 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.3 required=5.9 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_40 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.0.3 -3.3 ALL_TRUSTED Did not pass through any untrusted hosts 1.0 BAYES_40 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 20 to 40% [score: 0.3818] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 814 Lines: 24 * Daniel Walker wrote: > -module_init(init_acpi_pm_clocksource); > +/* > + * This clocksource is removed from the clocksource_initcall > + * macro since it's mandatory for it to be in fs_initcall as the > + * highest initcall level, or else it doesn't work properly with > + * it's PCI fix ups. > + */ > +fs_initcall(init_acpi_pm_clocksource); ugh - this bit looks quite interesting. what's the purpose of this patch? Switching to high-res timers should be done late in the bootup - in case there's a problem it's more debuggable, etc. Ingo - 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/