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How does the autodetection work
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   To fully understand customizing of `aa_autoinit' you have to know
(at least something) how does the autodetection work.

   All hardware drivers are stored in `aa_drivers' array -- array of
pointers to drivers terminated by `NULL' pointer. Order is significant.
First driver is tested before the second etc.

   It is possible to customize your own order of drivers. This can be
done using `aa_displayrecomended' list. It's a double linked list of
strings that are interpreted as names of drivers. These drivers are
tested before `aa_drivers' is procesed. There are several reasons to do
it this way.  Firstly, this "aditional" list is passed before the first
of "standard array" drivers is used. Thus you can recommend the probing
order of drivers in a very natural and comfortable way.  Second, this
method reduces executable file size.  Third, you can prefer different
drivers on different platforms with no aditional care about current
configuration of AA-lib.