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    SubjectRe: [patch] ipv4: initialize arp_tbl rw lock
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    As spinlock debugging still does not work with the qeth driver I want to pick 
    up the discussion.

    On Saturday 08 April 2006 12:12, Andrew Morton wrote:
    > Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> wrote:
    [...]
    > > -vmlinux-main := $(core-y) $(libs-y) $(drivers-y) $(net-y)
    > > +vmlinux-main := $(core-y) $(libs-y) $(net-y) $(drivers-y)
    >
    > <wonders what this will break>

    What about putting this patch into mm and find out?
    >
    > I have a bad feeling that one day we're going to come unstuck with this
    > practice. Is there anything which dictates that the linker has to lay
    > sections out in .o-file-order?
    >
    > Perhaps net initcalls should be using something higher priority than
    > device_initcall().

    I agree that the initcall order offers a lot of room for improvement (like
    dependencies). Is anybody aware of any work into this direction?

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    Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best Regards

    Christian Borntraeger
    Linux Software Engineer zSeries Linux & Virtualization



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