[1309] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Problem PCMCIA and network initialization
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Al Longyear)
Thu Nov 2 04:31:45 1995
From: "Al Longyear" <longyear@sii.com>
To: tytso@mit.edu (Theodore Ts'o)
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 10:28:25 -0800 (PST)
Cc: longyear@netcom.com, gpg109@rsphy4.anu.edu.au, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu,
gpg109@rsphy1.anu.edu.au, iialan@iifeak.swan.ac.uk,
Linus.Torvalds@cs.helsinki.fi
In-Reply-To: <9511011729.AA28201@dcl.MIT.EDU> from "Theodore Ts'o" at Nov 1, 95 12:29:42 pm
Reply-To: "Al Longyear" <longyear@netcom.com>
Theodore Ts'o wrote:
>
>
> I found the problem; it was indeed in the 2.2 version of PPP which is in
> the kernel. The problem is that when the PPP driver is in the kernel,
> it tries to remove itself from the device chain by calling
> unregister_netdev() directly, instead of simply return ENODEV.
> unregister_netdev() modifies the device chain, but this confuses the
> heck out of net_dev_init(), which is itself iterating through the list
> and doesn't expect for a device to return SUCCESS and remove itself from
> the list.
Thank you. I will make the change to my copy if Linus will do the same
to his.
--
Al Longyear longyear@sii.com
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