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Re: PATCH 2.4.0.9.2: export ethtool interface

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Subject: Re: PATCH 2.4.0.9.2: export ethtool interface
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 14:57:31 -0700
Cc: andrewm@xxxxxxxxxx, becker@xxxxxxxxx, havanna_moon@xxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20000921153057.04813@xxxxxxxxxxxx> (message from Andi Kleen on Thu, 21 Sep 2000 15:30:57 +0200)
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   From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxx>
   Date:   Thu, 21 Sep 2000 15:30:57 +0200

   Quick grep in drivers/net/* shows several drivers which are unsafe,
   mostly by not protecting their data structures or hardware state:

Great work, let's start fixing them, I'll certainly start doing it for
drivers I maintain tonight.  I hope others will soon do the same.

Thanks.

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@xxxxxxxxxx

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