Re: [PATCH] kbuild: implement modules.order

[Tejun Heo]

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 10:49:37PM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
>> When multiple built-in modules (especially drivers) provide the same
>> capability, they're prioritized by link order specified by the order
>> listed in Makefile.  This implicit ordering is lost for loadable
>> modules.
>> ...
> 
> What exactly are the drivers you are thinking of?
> 
> I would rather see us getting away from any link order dependencies.
> 
> E.g. we might one day want to compile the whole kernel with one gcc call 
> (using "--combine -fwhole-program").

The following bugzilla triggered this change and I think contains enough
discussion on the subject.

  http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8933

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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