Re: [PATCH] ACPI / GED: use late init to allow other drivers init

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 3:43 AM, Sinan Kaya <okaya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> My point is that nothing guarantees a specific ordering or timing of
>> module loading in general, so moving stuff to different initcall
>> levels does not really help 100% of the time.
>>
>
> Are you talking about init vs. probe in general?

Yes.

Generally speaking, if the initialization of built-in code depends on
a loadable module to be present, it has to explicitly wait for that
module to advertise itself, this way or another, or it has to poll.

> Sorry, I'm trying to decode what you mean to see if there is some other behavior
> that I'm not aware of in ACPI.

Sorry for being unclear.

Thanks,
Rafael