On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 05:35:29PM +0100, Tobias Boege wrote: > On Mon, 18 Mar 2013, ishare wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 04:11:54PM +0100, Tobias Boege wrote: > > > On Sun, 17 Mar 2013, ishare wrote: > > > > > > > > for (call = &__initcall_start; call < &__initcall_end; call++) > > > > (*call)(); > > > > > > > > I want to know where are these function point assigned by specified function ? > > > > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > As per include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h and your arch's vmlinux.lds.S (I > > > actually only looked at x86's), the __initcall_{start,end} variables are the > > > start and end of the __initcall ELF section which contains all the sub-level > > > sections. > > > > > > Functions can be put into these sections when they are given to one > > > of the *_initcall macros from include/linux/init.h. > > > > I have configure kernel supporting rom filesystem ,and register it by module_init(init_romfs_fs) , > > but why the function : init_romfs_fs not be called from (*call)() ? > > > > thanks! > > > > This is strange - *unless* you build romfs as a module. Have again a look at > the aforementioned include/linux/init.h. There's a fairly big comment on the > procedure: > > /** > * module_init() - driver initialization entry point > * @x: function to be run at kernel boot time or module insertion > * > * module_init() will either be called during do_initcalls() (if > * builtin) or at module insertion time (if a module). There can only > * be one per module. > */ Does this mean it chould not be called during do_initcalls if I config it as a module ? If this ,how to change it to be builtin module? what is called module insertion time? Is that time I explicitely call some insert function? thanks! > > Regards, > Tobi > > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies