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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Add DEVTYPE support for Ethernet based devices
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From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:17:26 +0200

> can you please give me some feedback on this patch.

Johannes recommended using a NETDEV_REGISTER hook, I'm
waiting for you to try and use that instead of this
patch.

Your patch is ugly, so I'd like to avoid it if possible.