Re: [PATCH] mark dev_alloc as deprecated.

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Re: [PATCH] mark dev_alloc as deprecated.

To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [PATCH] mark dev_alloc as deprecated.
From:	"David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Tue, 14 Oct 2003 13:16:41 -0700
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On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 11:19:40 -0700
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> dev_alloc is an older way of getting a network device.  Most uses of it are 
> gone,
> and it was usually used in an unsafe way.  The remaining usage in 2.6.0-test7
> are in arcnet devices.

Applied, thanks Stephen.

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