diff -ur -x *.o -x *.flags /linux.vanilla/drivers/net/at1700.c /linux/drivers/net/at1700.c
--- /linux.vanilla/drivers/net/at1700.c	Mon Apr  2 15:45:18 2001
+++ /linux/drivers/net/at1700.c	Sat Apr  7 21:22:27 2001
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@
 #define EE_READ_CMD		(6 << 6)
 #define EE_ERASE_CMD	(7 << 6)
 
-static int read_eeprom(int ioaddr, int location)
+static int __init read_eeprom(int ioaddr, int location)
 {
 	int i;
 	unsigned short retval = 0;