From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: andi@lisas.de
Cc: jeff@garzik.org, lkundrak@v3.sk, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Do not register ne2k-pci device until initialized
Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 13:52:39 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090502.135239.20953799.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090502175811.GA26635@rhlx01.hs-esslingen.de>
From: Andreas Mohr <andi@lisas.de>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 19:58:11 +0200
> And, well...:
>
> smsc911x.c looks like it has the same issue (in case of a non-specified
> MAC address - invalid EEPROM content).
>
> Dito ucc_geth.c
>
> Dito arm/ixp4xx_eth.c
>
> Dito wireless/netwave_cs.c
>
> Given that several drivers seem to violate this rule: is there a way
> to add a check against this problem?
I'm pretty sure we have a valid ethernet address check
somewhere already... hmmm..
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-05-02 20:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-05-02 16:28 [PATCH] Do not register ne2k-pci device until initialized Lubomir Rintel
2009-05-02 17:05 ` Jeff Garzik
2009-05-02 17:58 ` Andreas Mohr
2009-05-02 20:52 ` David Miller [this message]
2009-05-03 16:34 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-05-02 20:52 ` David Miller
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