Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-32,: Re: PATCH: please backout this set of broken changes

# Re: PATCH: please backout this set of broken changes

Thomas Sailer (sailer@ife.ee.ethz.ch)
Mon, 09 Aug 1999 17:18:02 +0200

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Alan Cox wrote:
>
> Whoever changed these drivers to use __initcall broke the sound subsystem.

That was me. What can go wrong? Just the ordering of the cards?

> Folks: you can't use __initcall tricks for anything where existing order
> matters for back compatibility - ie most network, scsi, and sound drivers.

But then you can't use __initcall for many things anyway - eg. parport
lowlevel
drivers won't be able to use __initcall too. Methinks in that case
__initcall doesn't quite do what it was designed for...

Ok, will revert this in the next changeset.

Tom

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