Re: [PATCH] scc fix for 2.6.0

From: Ralf Baechle DO1GRB (mvabmle@idform.ch)
Date: Sat Dec 27 2003 - 06:05:23 EET

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    On Thu, Dec 25, 2003 at 07:52:33PM +0100, Jeroen Vreeken wrote:

    > This is a fix for the scc driver in 2.6.0
    > It was calling register_netdev from within a ioctl and thus holding
    > rtnl_lock()
    > It now uses register_netdevice and calls rtnl_lock() itself if outside the
    > ioctl.

    Somehow the whole device registration in that driver looks suspect.
    Registering from the driver's module_init() method is fine - but doing so
    from ioctl looks more it's some kind of ancient workaround or so?

    73 de DO1GRB op Ralf 

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