[PATCH v2] fsl-dma: allow Freescale Elo DMA driver to be compiled as a module

Timur Tabi timur at freescale.com
Thu Sep 25 23:54:30 EST 2008


Li Yang wrote:

>> -subsys_initcall(of_fsl_dma_chan_init);
>>  subsys_initcall(of_fsl_dma_init);
> 
> Not a critical problem.  But module_init() are preferred for modules.

This was intentional.  When compiled as a module, subsys_initcall becomes
module_init().  When compiled in-kernel, this code is initialized before most
drivers, so it's ready when the drivers are loaded.

> Acked-by: Li Yang <leoli at freescale.com>

Thanks.

-- 
Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale



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