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Re: alloc_etherdev breaks ether=

To: Andrew Morton <andrewm@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: alloc_etherdev breaks ether=
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 12:08:35 -0400
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Organization: MandrakeSoft
References: <3B3C9089.D85A26@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> from "Jeff Garzik" at Jun 29, 2001 10:28:25 AM <E15G028-0000TQ-00@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <3B3CA2D4.608135EF@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Andrew Morton wrote:
> Which basically takes us back to the thing I did in
> December: allocate and reserve the device name at the
> start of probe, and publish it (ie: make it eligible for
> open) at the end of probe.

How does this solve the problem I just described, where device B gets
options intended for device A?

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