Re: [2.6 patch] drivers/net/loopback.c: convert to module_init()

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From: Thomas Graf <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:18:48 +0100

> Not really, the device management inits as subsys, the ip layer hooks
> into fs_initcall() which comes right after. The loopback was actually
> registered after the protocol so far. I think Adrian's patch is fine
> if the module_init() is changed to device_initcall().

module_init == device_initcall when the object is being compiled
statically into the kernel, which is always the case for the loopback
driver

I mentioned this in my original reply to Adrian, just in case anyone
happened to actually read that :-)
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