RE: [PATCH 2.5.70] e100 initialize fields prior to register

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RE: [PATCH 2.5.70] e100 initialize fields prior to register_netdevice

To:	"Jeff Garzik" <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>, "Stephen Hemminger" <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>
Subject:	RE: [PATCH 2.5.70] e100 initialize fields prior to register_netdevice
From:	"Feldman, Scott" <scott.feldman@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Thu, 29 May 2003 15:45:51 -0700
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>, <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Thread-topic:	[PATCH 2.5.70] e100 initialize fields prior to register_netdevice

> Agreed.  I consider this a rather serious bug, that could 
> cause crashes in multiple corner cases; sysfs being only 
> one of those cases.
> 
> I'm going to go ahead and apply this to 2.5.
> 
> Stephen, could I get you to send me a similar patch for 2.4? 
> (it doesn't apply cleanly)  It's very much a bug in 2.4 also.

2.4 e100 should be fine, as this breakage was just introduced in last
patchset for 2.5 (only).

Thanks Stephen.

-scott

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