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I don't think it makes sense to check for a possible bad initialization order at run time on every system when it is all decided at build time. A more efficient way to make sure developers do not introduce new calls to dmi_check_system() too early in the initialization sequence is to simply document the expected call order. That way, developers have a chance to get it right immediately, without having to test-boot their kernel, wonder why it does not work, and parse the kernel logs for a warning message. And we get rid of the run-time performance penalty as a nice side effect. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.