On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 05:17:56PM -0800, David Miller wrote: > From: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:24:35 +0100 > > > This patch converts drivers/net/loopback.c to using module_init(). > > > > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I'm not %100 sure of this one, let's look at the comment you > are deleting: > > > -/* > > - * The loopback device is global so it can be directly referenced > > - * by the network code. Also, it must be first on device list. > > - */ > > -extern int loopback_init(void); > > - > > in particular notice the part that says "it must be first on the > device list". > > I'm not sure whether that is important any longer. It probably isn't, > but we should verify it before applying such a patch.
There might be practical considerations along the lines of "we want lookups for loopback to be fast"... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
