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From: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2][RFC] Update net core to use devres.
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:30:07 +0100
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On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 04:26:21PM -0700, Brandon Philips wrote:
> Could you point me to an example you have in mind?
> 
> I quickly searched through a handful of the PCI device drivers and
> couldn't find an example where the .remove function didn't do something
> to the tune of:
> 
> 	unregister_netdev(dev);
> 	... various un-allocs and cleanup ...
> 	free_netdev(dev)

Now find the definition of free_netdev() and read it through, please.