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DateSun, 26 Jan 2003 04:45:27 -0500
FromPaul Gortmaker <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] NE PnP Update from Jeff Muizelaar (5/6)
I've a couple of quick comments after looking over the patch:

> -"Last modified Nov 1, 2000 by Paul Gortmaker\n";
> +"Last modified January 20, 2003 by Jeff Muizelaar\n";

Feel free to delete this "Last modified" stuff altogether.
It is just extra verbage at boot we don't need. (Blame 
Jeff Garzik -- he put it there, not me...   ;-)

> +               free_irq(dev->irq, dev);
> +               release_region(dev->base_addr, NE_IO_EXTENT);
> +               unregister_netdev(dev);
> +               kfree(dev->priv);
> +               kfree(dev);

It is usually good practice to unregister a device as the 
first thing, and then release its associated resources once
you know the kernel doesn't hold any references to it.

Thanks,
Paul.

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