On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:49:33 +0100 Thomas Graf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * Al Viro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2006-12-13 20:12 > > On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 05:17:56PM -0800, David Miller wrote: > > > 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"... > > What is this discussion actually about? Since we started registering > devices directly hooked into the init process before device_initcall() > the order is random. Even the bonding device is registered before the > loopback. > - > 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 Loopback should be there before protocols are started. It makes sense to have a standard startup order. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
