Hi,
Since early_initcall is not defined in generic 2.6.10-rc3,
MIPS has a problem in generic kernel.
I investigated why early_initcall is not defined in generic kernel.
I found a following mail in LKML.
We need to move early_initcall to MIPS-specific header file.
Where do you think is a suitable header file for it?
Yoichi
---- Andrew's comment ----
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
To: Samium Gromoff <deepfire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [2.6.5][MIPS] oneliners somehow not made it into mainline [3/3]
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:06:28 -0700
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Samium Gromoff <deepfire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Without this one it fails to run the earlyinitcall stuff, and hence
> explodes at some point.
>
> diff -urN -X './#cdiff.pattern' ./linux-2.6.5/include/linux/init.h ./mc-2.6.5/include/linux/init.h
> --- ./linux-2.6.5/include/linux/init.h 2004-04-12 16:07:45.000000000 +0400
> +++ ./mc-2.6.5/include/linux/init.h 2004-04-12 18:05:28.000000000 +0400
> @@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
> static initcall_t __initcall_##fn __attribute_used__ \
> __attribute__((__section__(".initcall" level ".init"))) = fn
>
> +#define early_initcall(fn) __define_initcall(".early1",fn)
> #define core_initcall(fn) __define_initcall("1",fn)
> #define postcore_initcall(fn) __define_initcall("2",fn)
> #define arch_initcall(fn) __define_initcall("3",fn)
early_initcall() is a mips-specific thing. If we add this macro to
<linux/init.h> then someone will use it in generic code and all the other
architectures explode.
We need to either make this entirely mips-private, or rework the mips code
to not use it at all, or justify its introduction and then introduce it for
all architectures.
