Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 2 May 2009 19:58:11 +0200 | | From | Andreas Mohr <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Do not register ne2k-pci device until initialized |
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Hi,
> Good spotting, that fixes a clear startup race
I saw this and thought that this must be one of those non-singular bugs again... ;)
(I checked for dev_addr manipulations _after_ register_netdev)
And, well...:
smsc911x.c looks like it has the same issue (in case of a non-specified MAC address - invalid EEPROM content).
Dito ucc_geth.c
Dito arm/ixp4xx_eth.c
Dito wireless/netwave_cs.c
Given that several drivers seem to violate this rule: is there a way to add a check against this problem?
Andreas Mohr
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