netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/3] net/dummy: add device group parameter

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Date:	Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:37:48 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ddvlad@...edu.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, hadi@...erus.ca, opurdila@...acom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] net/dummy: add device group parameter

From: Vlad Dogaru <ddvlad@...edu.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:38:43 +0200

> When inserting the dummy module, the user can specify the group of the
> dummy devices. This avoids manually moving the newly created pseudo
> devices to a different group.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Dogaru <ddvlad@...edu.org>

The amount of hacks people wish to add to the dummy driver is one step
away from amazing.

Just use the standard APIs to add dummy devices to the group you want,
instead of these ad-hoc device specific module parameters.

Thanks.
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