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From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.5.70+] tun using alloc_netdev
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 20:57:21 -0700 (PDT)
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   From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
   Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:43:18 -0400

   On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 12:21:44PM -0700, Max Krasnyansky wrote:
   > This is wrong. register_netdevice() does not expand name (ie %d stuff).
   > So dev_alloc_name() is still needed. i.e.
   
   Correct.
   
   But, register_netdev() is preferred precisely for this reason.
   
Right.