netdev - Re: [PATCH] ibm_newemac: Don't call dev_mc

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Date:	Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:56:28 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	benh@...nel.crashing.org
CC:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	linuxppc-dev list <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
	Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ibm_newemac: Don't call dev_mc_add() before device is
 registered

Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> We must not call dev_mc_add() from within our HW configure which happens
> before we initialize and register the netdev. Do it in open() instead.
> 
> Thanks to Sebastian Siewior for tracking it down. 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
> ---
> 
> This fixes an uninitialized spinlock warning (and possibly more).
> 
> Please apply.

applied


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