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Re: [PATCH 10/14] init: deps: IDs for annotated initcalls

From Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 10/14] init: deps: IDs for annotated initcalls
Date 2015-10-17 19:50 +0200
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On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 07:14:23PM +0200, Alexander Holler wrote:
> These patch contains the IDs for initcalls I've annotated.
> 
> This patch is NOT meant for merging into mainline in its current form.
> 
> It should be discussed about how to add these IDs and in which form, if
> the feature ends up in mainline at all.
> 
> E.g. it could make sense to split this file into several files in order
> to avoid merge conflicts.
> 
> It also might make sense to prefill this file with IDs for many drivers.
> 
> E.g. the following script will use a modules.dep file to produce IDs for
> modules. It's meant to be used on a very complete modules.dep build through
> make allmodconfig && make -jN modules && make modules_install.

A file like this is going to be a nightmare to maintain and ensure that
it actually is correct, I don't see it as a viable solution, sorry.

thanks,

greg k-h
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[PATCH 10/14] init: deps: IDs for annotated initcalls Alexander Holler <holler@ahsoftware.de> - 2015-10-17 19:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 10/14] init: deps: IDs for annotated initcalls Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2015-10-17 19:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 10/14] init: deps: IDs for annotated initcalls Alexander Holler <holler@ahsoftware.de> - 2015-10-17 20:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 10/14] init: deps: IDs for annotated initcalls Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2015-10-17 20:30 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 10/14] init: deps: IDs for annotated initcalls Alexander Holler <holler@ahsoftware.de> - 2015-10-17 20:50 +0200

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