netdev - Re: Fw: dev_queue_xmit() to now non-existing device (text wrapped now)

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Date:	Mon, 4 Aug 2008 06:41:58 +0930
From:	Mark Smith <ipng@...06e6720323030352d30312d31340a.nosense.org>
To:	Mark Smith <ipng@...06e6720323030352d30312d31340a.nosense.org>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Fw: dev_queue_xmit() to now non-existing device (text wrapped
 now)

On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 08:32:48 +0930
Mark Smith <ipng@...06e6720323030352d30312d31340a.nosense.org> wrote:

> A mail client upgrade must have dropped that setting :-|
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 21:38:28 +0930
> From: Mark Smith <ipng@...06e6720323030352d30312d31340a.nosense.org>
> To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: dev_queue_xmit() to now non-existing device
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
<snip>

> Has anybody got any suggestions or pointers to where this problem has
> been solved? 
> 

I've now discovered dev_hold() and dev_put(), and the requirement
to use them to register / deregister which interfaces my protocol
is using. I think has now solved my problem. Sorry for the noise.

Thanks,
Mark.

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