From: kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru
To: andrewm@uow.edu.au (Andrew Morton)
Cc: davem@redhat.COM, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: NETDEV_CHANGE events when __LINK_STATE_NOCARRIER is modified
Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 21:47:41 +0400 (MSK DST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200105141747.VAA15542@ms2.inr.ac.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3AFF384B.7382B436@uow.edu.au> from "Andrew Morton" at May 14, 1 11:43:39 am
Hello!
> Jeff has introduced `alloc_etherdev()' which allocates storage
> for a netdev but doesn't register it. The one quirk with this
> approach (and why it's vastly simpler than my thing)
I do not see where it is simpler. The only difference is that
name is unknown. 8)
> Not many drivers have been converted to the new interface yet.
Paaardon! It is the only place where it takes sense to tell: "simpler"
and it was sense of your patch! Of course, it is much "simpler" to leave
all the devices in buggy state, no doubts. 8)
What's about dev_probe_lock, I again do not understand why it is not deleted.
Please, shed some light.
> is a bit foggy. ISTR that the init() method was inherently
> immune to this race.
8) Imagine, I believed that all the devices use this method for years.
The discovery that init_etherdev does some shit was real catharsis. 8)
Alexey
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-05-14 17:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2001-05-13 18:19 ` kuznet
2001-05-14 1:43 ` Andrew Morton
2001-05-14 17:47 ` kuznet [this message]
2001-05-14 18:12 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-05-14 18:40 ` kuznet
2001-05-14 19:27 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-05-14 19:42 ` kuznet
2001-05-14 20:34 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-05-14 23:51 ` Andrew Morton
2001-05-15 9:02 ` kuznet
2001-05-15 11:00 ` Andrew Morton
2001-05-15 11:15 ` David S. Miller
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