On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 03:51:09PM +0800, yoma sophian wrote:
> hi Greg:
> >> > The linker order determines the order of the init functions.
> >> Would you mind to let us know where and how it do so?
> >
> > I don't understand, what is the problem with the existing code? What
> > are you trying to solve here? Is the linking order somehow not working
> > properly?
> No.
> there is no problem with so far kernel, it just suddenly pop to my
> mind when I trace usb kernel source.
> in kernel do_initcalls will run the initial flow with following order.
> if usb modules are in the same level, where it determine which one to go
> first?
> appreciate ur kind help,
>
> static char *initcall_level_names[] __initdata = {
> "early",
> "core",
> "postcore",
> "arch",
> "subsys",
> "fs",
> "device",
> "late",
> };
Please read the kbuild documentation, it explains all of this and how it
works. Specifically look at section 3.2 in
Documentation/kbuild/makefilex.txt
hope this helps,
greg k-h
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