On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 07:29:21PM +0100, Simon Arlott wrote:
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>>> There is nothing else to run between 1-2 and 3, so there is no 
>>> opportunity
>>> to initialise devices in the background and usblp_init blocks for a 
>>> while.
>> If it were a module then it would block in a separate thread and wouldn't 
>> hold up the main init process.
>
> Right, but I want to compile all of this into the kernel.

Why?  It sounds like a trivial solution for you is to actually use
modules.  Why go through a lot of extra work to solve something in a
different way that is already solved for you?

Who is imposing the "no modules allowed" rule on you, and why was it
made?

thanks,

greg k-h
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