> linux/init.h:
>
> #ifndef MODULE
> ...
> #define module_init(x) __initcall(x);
> #define __initcall(fn) device_initcall(fn)
> #define device_initcall(fn)
> __define_initcall("6",fn)
> #define __define_initcall(level,fn) \
> static initcall_t __initcall_##fn __attribute_used__
> \
> __attribute__((__section__(".initcall" level
> ".init"))) = fn
> ...
> #endif
>
> initcalls are processed in do_initcalls function in
> init/main.c
>
> static void __init do_basic_setup(void)
> {
> ....
> do_initcalls();
> }
>
> >
> > thanks !
>
> Amol
thanks Rajat and Amol.
One other question,
1) how does the kernel know which module to load first in order to satisfy dependencies issues ?
2) is there a way i could print the module init fn name from do_initcalls. to see in what order compiled in modules are called.
tia.
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