Re: Kernel Badness 2.6.14-Git

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

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On 11/1/05, Alejandro Bonilla <abonilla@linuxwireless.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 09:11:57 -0500, Robert Love wrote
> > On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 00:14 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> >
> > > I don't have a problem with this, try it out and see what breaks :)
> >
> > I don't mind moving the driver (as Greg suggested earlier) if needed,
> > but if Dmitry's idea to move input.o works, even better.
> >
>
> I can try the suggested solution if I'm told how to. ;-)
>

Could you try the attached (I did compile it but didn't try to boot).

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Dmitry

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Input: register input core earlier

Now that input core is integrated with sysfs input class should
be fully registered before anyone tries to use it. Move input.o
to the top of the drivers/Makefile while leaving the rest of
the input system in the old place.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
---

 drivers/Makefile       |    4 ++++
 drivers/input/Makefile |    3 ++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux/drivers/Makefile
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/drivers/Makefile
+++ linux/drivers/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 # Rewritten to use lists instead of if-statements.
 #
 
+# we need input core early so input class is registered before anyone
+# tries to use it.
+obj-$(CONFIG_INPUT)		+= input/input.o
+
 obj-$(CONFIG_PCI)		+= pci/ usb/
 obj-$(CONFIG_PARISC)		+= parisc/
 obj-y				+= video/
Index: linux/drivers/input/Makefile
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/drivers/input/Makefile
+++ linux/drivers/input/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 # Each configuration option enables a list of files.
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_INPUT)		+= input.o
+# note that input.o is registered early from drivers/Makefile
+
 obj-$(CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV)	+= mousedev.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV)	+= joydev.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV)	+= evdev.o