The loopback interface will ALWAYS be up when the router is up. EIGRP will use it just like OSPF, to identify the router. One way to use the loopback address is to assign a subnet for the exclusieve use of loopbacks. Define them using a /32 mask and you can use 1 subnet for 255 routers.
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