netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/1] stmmac: rmmod oops after ifconfig on interface

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Date:	Mon, 13 Apr 2015 16:33:46 +0300
From:	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:	"Bryan O'Donoghue" <pure.logic@...us-software.ie>
Cc:	peppe.cavallaro@...com, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] stmmac: rmmod oops after ifconfig on interface

Hmm... By some reason this didn't make mailing list.

On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Bryan O'Donoghue
<pure.logic@...us-software.ie> wrote:
> Might be a bit of an issue getting you a 'fixes' tag - I can't bisect back
> in time very far - very soon we stop booting.
>
> Would you be happy with a fixes that indicates the original checkin
> sequenced the unregister_netdev(); and mdiobus_unreg() in the wrong order ?

I actually think David could help us in this.

> Basically the 'fixes' tag then would be 47dd7a540
> net: add support for STMicroelectronics Ethernet controllers.

I don't know how to proceed in such cases since the patch will
apparently not apply to that commit.

> This was a long standing bug in this driver since we started using in on
> Quark - completely slipped my mind until I encountered this bug for another
> reason recently.


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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