netdev - Re: [NET] meth driver renovation

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Date:	Wed, 23 May 2007 09:44:24 +0100
From:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [NET] meth driver renovation

On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 09:43:30AM +0100, Ralf Baechle wrote:

> The meth ethernet driver for the SGI IP32 aka O2 is so far still an old
> style driver which does not use the device driver model.  This is now
> causing issues with some udev based gadgetry in debian-stable.  Fixed by
> converting the meth driver to a platform device.

Since this seems to cause some real world problems I'd like to get this
patch into 2.6.22.

  Ralf
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