Re: [PATCH] netconsole: Initialize after all core networking drivers

From	Cong Wang <cwang@twopensource.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] netconsole: Initialize after all core networking drivers
Date	2015-12-29 00:30 +0100
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On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Calvin Owens <calvinowens@fb.com> wrote:
> Commit 7332a13b038be05c ("vxlan: defer vxlan init as late as possible")
> changed vxlan to use late_initcall(), because vxlan relies on ipv6 being
> loaded when a new device is opened.
>
> This causes netconsole to panic at boot when configured via the kernel
> cmdline on an IXGBE NIC, because ixgbe_open() assumes that vxlan has
> already been initialized:

BTW, it is not fair to blame my commit above, since it was merged long before
ixgbe or any hardware driver has vxlan support. Not a big deal, just FYI. ;)
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[PATCH] netconsole: Initialize after all core networking drivers Calvin Owens <calvinowens@fb.com> - 2015-12-18 01:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] netconsole: Initialize after all core networking drivers Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> - 2015-12-18 02:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] netconsole: Initialize after all core networking drivers Calvin Owens <calvinowens@fb.com> - 2015-12-18 02:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] netconsole: Initialize after all core networking drivers Calvin Owens <calvinowens@fb.com> - 2015-12-24 00:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] vxlan: Properly depend on ipv6 and revert to  module_init() kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com> - 2015-12-24 10:20 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] netconsole: Initialize after all core networking drivers Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> - 2015-12-24 11:40 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] netconsole: Initialize after all core networking drivers Cong Wang <cwang@twopensource.com> - 2015-12-29 00:30 +0100
            Re: [PATCH] netconsole: Initialize after all core networking drivers Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> - 2015-12-29 15:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] netconsole: Initialize after all core networking drivers Cong Wang <cwang@twopensource.com> - 2015-12-29 00:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] netconsole: Initialize after all core networking  drivers Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> - 2015-12-18 02:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] netconsole: Initialize after all core networking drivers Calvin Owens <calvinowens@fb.com> - 2015-12-18 02:40 +0100

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