Hello Russell, On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 12:44 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux <li...@arm.linux.org.uk> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 12:31:48AM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: >> In the case of the MAX77686, the mfd, regulator and clock drivers use >> subsys_initcall() instead of module_init() but I wonder which of these >> really need to be initialized at subsys init call time and which one >> can just be built as a module. > > I think you're making a frequently made mistake concerning module > initialisation. > > Having code initialised by subsys_initcall() (or indeed any other level) > does not preclude it being a module: > > #ifndef MODULE > ... > #define subsys_initcall(fn) __define_initcall(fn, 4) > ... > #else /* MODULE */ > ... > #define subsys_initcall(fn) module_init(fn) > ... > #endif > > So, subsys_initcall() automagically becomes module_init() when built > as a module. There's no need to change anything here. >
I was indeed confused, I should had looked at include/linux/init.h before. Thanks a lot for the clarification. Best regards, Javier -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-samsung-soc" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
