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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 13:44:25 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.10-rc2] 3c59x: reload EEPROM values at rmmod for
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"John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com> wrote:
>
> 3c905 cards need an additional bit unmasked in the reset at rmmod or
> else they don't get reinitialized properly when the driver is reloaded.

This has been in -mm kernels since you first sent it out.  I'm intending to
hold off until post-2.6.10 so we get a full kernel cycle for any problems
to get shaken out.