The init order is currently controlled by the order that they appear in
hosts.c, and not by the link order.
I was kind of thinking that a better way of doing this is to use a
special ELF section that contains the initializer. Then hosts.c would just
walk the list until it got to whatever was the end - in this case, the link
order would become quite critical.
-Eric
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Cox" <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: <willy@thepuffingroup.com>
Cc: <linux-kbuild@torque.net>; <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>;
<linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: SCSI Makefile cleanup
> > This patch reworks drivers/scsi/Makefile to use lists instead of
> > conditionals. I believe this idea is originally due to Michael
Chastain.
>
> Be very careful not to change the link order. You'll notice 2.3.x sound
> recently changed a little explicitly because of this. if you re-order
> the object files (eg sorting them) then you change the init order, and you
> end up initialising boards in the wrong order, causing AHA1542 to grab
> buslogic cards etc
>
> Alan
>
>
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