netdev - Re: [PATCH] 3c509.c: call SET_NETDEV_DEV for all device types (ISA/ISAPnP/EISA)

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Date:	Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:33:44 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	tedheadster@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 3c509.c: call SET_NETDEV_DEV for all device types
 (ISA/ISAPnP/EISA)

From: Matthew Whitehead <tedheadster@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:46:53 -0400

> The venerable 3c509 driver only sets its device parent in one case, the ISAPnP one.
> It does this with the SET_NETDEV_DEV function. It should register with the device
> hierarchy in two additional cases: standard (non-PnP) ISA and EISA.
> 
> - Currently they appear here:
> /sys/devices/virtual/net/eth0 (standard ISA)
> /sys/devices/virtual/net/eth1 (EISA)
> 
> - Rather, they should instead be here:
> /sys/devices/isa/3c509.0/net/eth0 (standard ISA)
> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/00:04/net/eth1 (EISA)
> 
> Tested on ISA and EISA boards.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Whitehead <tedheadster@...il.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks for being so persistent
about this fix :-)
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