From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262574AbVF2NLm (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Jun 2005 09:11:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262112AbVF2NLm (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Jun 2005 09:11:42 -0400 Received: from [213.170.72.194] ([213.170.72.194]:3811 "EHLO shelob.oktetlabs.ru") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262574AbVF2NLO (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Jun 2005 09:11:14 -0400 Message-ID: <42C29DEE.3030100@oktetlabs.ru> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 17:11:10 +0400 From: "Artem B. Bityuckiy" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050513 Fedora/1.7.8-1.3.1 X-Accept-Language: en, ru, en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Matthew Gilbert Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Kernel Initialization Mechanisms References: <1119894357.7998.15.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1119894357.7998.15.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Will it go to the kernel ? Matthew Gilbert wrote: > Below is documentation I've started on the kernel initialization > mechanisms. Other than reading the source, I haven't been able to find > much discussion on the topic. > > My explanations of the different init levels is lacking. I haven't been > able to find any documentation on them. Existing usage seems to vary > quite a bit so its hard to tell their intended functionality. I was > hoping to get some help defining what the intended usage was. Especially > regarding what services are available at each level. > > Feedback is appreciated. Thanks _matt > > Signed-off-by: Matthew Gilbert > > --- linux-2.6.12.1/Documentation/initcalls.txt.orig 1969-12-31 17:00:00.000000000 -0700 > +++ linux-2.6.12.1/Documentation/initcalls.txt 2005-06-24 16:58:45.232683368 -0700 > @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ > +=============================== > +Linux Initialization Mechanisms > +=============================== > + > +__initcall > +---------- ... [snip] ... -- Best regards, Artem B. Bityuckiy Oktet Labs (St. Petersburg), Software Engineer. +78124286709 (office) +79112449030 (mobile) E-mail: dedekind@oktetlabs.ru, web: http://www.oktetlabs.ru