Re: [PATCH] for Linux IRDA initialisation bug 2.4.5

[Keith Owens]

On Fri, 1 Jun 2001 23:32:46 +1000, 
Matt Chapman <[e-mail]> wrote:
>I've found that if you compile IRDA into the kernel, irda_proto_init
>gets called twice - once at do_initcalls time, and once explicitly
>in do_basic_setup - eventually resulting in a hang (as
>register_netdevice_notifier gets called twice with the same struct,
>and it's list becomes circular).

The suggested patch has one non-obvious side effect which somebody in
irda needs to verify is OK.  Previously irda_proto_init() and
irda_device_init() were called after every other driver had
initialized.  Now irda_proto_init() is called based on the object order
in the top level Makefile, so irda is initialized before i2c,
telephony, acpi and mddev.  Is this a valid initialization order?  If
not, move

  DRIVERS-$(CONFIG_IRDA) += drivers/net/irda/irda.o

to the end of the drivers list and document why it needs to be there.