On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 3:43 AM, Sinan Kaya <ok...@codeaurora.org> 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