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Re: net link order

To: Keith Owens <kaos@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: net link order
From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 16:40:07 +0100
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <1378.977706108@ocs3.ocs-net>; from kaos@ocs.com.au on Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 02:03:03AM +0100
References: <1378.977706108@ocs3.ocs-net>
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On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 02:03:03AM +0100, Keith Owens wrote:
> Assuming that everything is linked into the kernel, which init routines
> depend on other init code having already run?  Ignore link order within
> net directories, this is documenting inter-directory link order
> requirements.  For example,

I doubt anybody really knows what subtle interaction are there.  Better do
not mess with the order at all.

> ipv4 must be linked before ipv4/netfilter because ...
> foo must be linked before bar because ...
> 
> subdir-$(CONFIG_NET)            += 802 sched          sched appears twice, 
> why?

sched/sch_generic.c must be active even when CONFIG_SCHED is not enabled
(otherwise you wouldn't be able to queue anything to devices) 


-Andi

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