Re: [GIT PULL] IPv6 Updates

From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:31:45 +1100

Herbert Xu [off-list ref] wrote:

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[IPV4] devinet: Register inetdev earlier.

I needed to move the panic call as well.

[IPV4] devinet: Register inetdev earlier.

This patch allocates inetdev at registration for all devices
in line with IPv6.  This allows sysctl configuration on the
devices to occur before they're brought up or addresses are
added.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>

Since this technically fixes a major usability bug, I'm
happy to apply this with the ipv6 side for 2.6.21

It is up to Yoshifuji how to handle this.  He can either add
this patch to his ipv6 bug fix submission for 2.6.21, or he
can just submit the ipv6 parts and I can merge Herbert's ipv4
patch myself.

Just let me know what to do.