Re: [PATCH] bugtrap for network drivers that don't register properly.

["David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 11:04:17 -0700
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This patch adds checks for network devices that set there statistics pointer
> after registration.  It is a common error and has already burned netdev sysfs
> unregister a couple of times.  Rather than trapping it on module unload which
> is infrequent and unlikely to be tested on all devices, this patch traps it
> when the device is brought up.
> 
> Tested on 2.6.0-test7 by buggering the e100 driver.

Applied, thanks Stephen.