Re: [PATCH 14/23] clocksource: increase initcall priority

[Ingo Molnar]

* Daniel Walker <dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx> 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
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