From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: [PATCH] ethertap can use alloc_etherdev
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 14:45:57 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031111144557.38bde052.shemminger@osdl.org> (raw)
Can use alloc_etherdev, don't need to call ether_setup.
Found by viro.
diff -Nru a/drivers/net/ethertap.c b/drivers/net/ethertap.c
--- a/drivers/net/ethertap.c Tue Nov 11 09:36:15 2003
+++ b/drivers/net/ethertap.c Tue Nov 11 09:36:15 2003
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@
struct net_device *dev;
int err = -ENOMEM;
- dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct net_local), "tap%d",
- ether_setup);
+ dev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(struct net_local));
if (!dev)
goto out;
next reply other threads:[~2003-11-11 22:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-11 22:45 Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2003-11-11 23:52 ` [PATCH] ethertap can use alloc_etherdev Jeff Garzik
2003-11-12 0:47 ` Stephen Hemminger
2003-11-12 0:50 ` Jeff Garzik
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