Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263833AbTEZByf (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 May 2003 21:54:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263837AbTEZByf (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 May 2003 21:54:35 -0400 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:4743 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263833AbTEZBye (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 May 2003 21:54:34 -0400 Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 19:07:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20030525.190710.112599236.davem@redhat.com> To: torvalds@transmeta.com Cc: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: netlink init order From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: References: <20030525220709.GJ6270@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> X-FalunGong: Information control. X-Mailer: Mew version 2.1 on Emacs 21.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 606 Lines: 16 From: Linus Torvalds Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 15:12:28 -0700 (PDT) Davem? Who uses this thing? [ was away past 2 days, sorry... ] I doubt any users of netlink "devices" exist in nature anymore. I remember in 2.2.x we marked it as deprecated. :-) That being said, you should be able to safely use module_init() there. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/