On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 11:08:01AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:17:56 -0800 (PST)
> David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.
> >
> > Since module_init() effectively == device_initcall() for statically
> > built objects, which loopback always is, the Makefile ordering does
> > not seem to indicate to me that there is anything guarenteeing
> > this "first on the list" invariant. At least not via object
> > file ordering.
> >
> > So this gives some support to the idea that loopback_dev's position
> > on the device list no longer matters.
>
> The dst code makes assumptions that loopback is ifindex 1 as well.
>...
But that assumption is already false for drivers not handled by Space.c:
E.g. on my computer [1], eth0 [2] has ifindex 1 and lo has ifindex 2.
cu
Adrian
[1] plain 2.6.16.36
[2] built-in e100 driver
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