Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757365AbYFQUfk (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:35:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754973AbYFQUf3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:35:29 -0400 Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.44.28]:47089 "EHLO yx-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753340AbYFQUf2 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:35:28 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=tW9svm6EWO6VPKiMbmnHT5XF+W62XXgkPf4JHaWQns1iF046h93aepKiJX79ODTPP4 URl2kKdlLZyA/DNuqFbxq7ekPb2XqgBl24hZKXh6X2vkuh1SlxuC1sp0mSW9sXkAG2oc J2gzCxRINm0r4NAdO2JKgQzjrHZtZEhvHIkTw= Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:35:16 -0400 From: Josh Boyer To: =?ISO-8859-1?B?SvZybg==?= Engel Cc: Tim Bird , linux-embedded , linux kernel Subject: Re: Recommendation for activating a deferred module init in the kernel Message-ID: <20080617163516.2be96400@vader.jdub.homelinux.org> In-Reply-To: <20080617202318.GC31224@logfs.org> References: <48580116.9070504@am.sony.com> <20080617190750.GA31224@logfs.org> <485815F6.20507@am.sony.com> <485816B3.3080800@am.sony.com> <20080617202318.GC31224@logfs.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.4.0 (GTK+ 2.12.10; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 861 Lines: 25 On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:23:19 +0200 J?rn Engel wrote: > On Tue, 17 June 2008 12:55:31 -0700, Tim Bird wrote: > > > > Sorry - I responded too quickly. I'm not sure I follow the > > original suggestion. How would I call the open function of > > a module that is not initialized yet? > > Hmm, good point. I guess that suggestion has just failed the reality > test. Have a simple module that calls the initialization functions for anything with a deferred init. Then you can open that and use an ioctl to... I think if we try really really hard, we can make this a Rube-Goldberg Machine! josh -- 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/