On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:19:09 +0200 "Pekka Enberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 12/20/06, Sébastien Dugué <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > set_param_str() cannot use kstrdup() to duplicate the parameter. That's > > fine when the driver is compiled as a module but it sure is not when > > built into the kernel as the kernel parameters are parsed before the > > kmalloc slabs are setup. > > Aah. I wonder though, if we could defer parsing driver parameters > until kmalloc caches are up... From a general point of view, why not. Except that for the watchdog case, I want it to start as soon as possible for it to be able to reboot in case of an early crash. Sébastien. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
