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> > Rather than a numeric priority, give it a name, a list of things that
> > must preceed it, and a list of things it must preceed. Calculate the
> > initialisation order at runtime, and then drop that whole section of
> > code and data after initialization.
> That sounds too much like second system effect to me.
True
> I think a numeric priority is fine. It would be only used in
> exceptional situations anyways, the majority of drivers don't care.
But a list of prerequisites is easy to handle during build using tsort(1),
and easier on the hackers that put the whole thing together.
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