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Subject: Re: NetXen crash in sysfs_create_file
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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:20:54 -0800

> Subject: [PATCH] netxen: use module parameter correctly
> 
> Netxen driver is doing this bogus thing to create a control file.
> This fails if device doesn't exist, and overall is a bad way to do
> the module parameter. Rather than fix borked code, just rewrite.
> Just using a writeable module parameter of 0/1 is the correct way
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>

Applied, thanks Stephen.