Re: [RFC PATCH] Multi-threaded device probing

From: Keshavamurthy Anil S
Date: Tue Jul 25 2006 - 19:06:09 EST


> + data = kmalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
> + data->drv = drv;
> + data->dev = dev;
> +
> + if (drv->multithread_probe) {
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
if (drv->multithread_probe && !cmdline_mtprobe) {

Also I think providing cmdline option to override the default
multithread probe behaviour would be good. Something like above
which is useful while debugging the boot issues.

Cheers ,
Anil S Keshavamurthy
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