Re: [8390] Do not use dev->name before register

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Re: [8390] Do not use dev->name before register_netdev

To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [8390] Do not use dev->name before register_netdev
From:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Fri, 12 Mar 2004 23:16:34 -0500
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to:	<20040313025859.GA8186@gondor.apana.org.au>
Organization:	Rutgers University Student Linux Users Group
References:	<20040313025859.GA8186@gondor.apana.org.au>
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On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 01:58:59PM +1100, Herbert Xu wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> This patch replaces/removes all uses of dev->name in 8390 drivers.
> As it is, these drivers will do printks or allocate resources with
> the name eth%d.

Why is using dev->name a bad thing? 

        Luis

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