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From: Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] via-velocity: earlier name allocation
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:29:34 +0200
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Stephen Hemminger wrote:


> NAK
>=20
> There is nothing to prevent that device name from being allocated by =
another device
> at that point.  The correct fix is to not use dev->name until after r=
egistering
> the network device.  Change the order of registration or pass dev_dri=
ver_string(&pdev->dev)
> instead of dev->name to velocity_get_options

=46ine with me. This was just the hint I was looking for. If you don't
mind, I will mail a new patch for this case later.

S=B0