From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH] Do not register ne2k-pci device until initialized Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 13:05:34 -0400 Message-ID: <49FC7D5E.6050203@garzik.org> References: <1241281735.2641.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel Mailing List , stable@kernel.org To: Lubomir Rintel Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:52945 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752927AbZEBRFg (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 May 2009 13:05:36 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1241281735.2641.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Lubomir Rintel wrote: > Doing it in reverse order causes uevent to be sent before > we have a MAC address, which confuses udev. > > Signed-off-by: Lubomir Rintel Acked-by: Jeff Garzik Good spotting, that fixes a clear startup race