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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: introduce NETDEV_PRE_INIT notifier
From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
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Hi Johannes,

> For various purposes including a wireless extensions
> bugfix, we need to hook into the netdev creation at
> a point before netdev_register_kobject(). It seems
> more generic, however, to have it even earlier. This
> will also ease doing the dev type assignment that
> Marcel was working on generically.

you are beating me to it. I can only second that this is a good idea for
the dev type assignment. Once Dave acks this I can sent a rebased patch
for the dev type stuff for WiFi.

Regards

Marcel