Linux kernel initcalls, part 2: Digging into implementation | Linux Today

Linux kernel initcalls, part 2: Digging into implementation

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MJ
Mylene Josserand
Sep 28, 2020

Part 2 of this great blog series on Linux kernel initcalls. Read on as the author goes deeper into implementation, with a look at the colorful __device_initcall() macro, the rootfs initcall, and how modules can be executed.

MJ

Mylene Josserand

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