netdev - [PATCH] Do not register ne2k-pci device until initialized

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Date:	Sat, 02 May 2009 18:28:54 +0200
From:	Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Do not register ne2k-pci device until initialized

Doing it in reverse order causes uevent to be sent before
we have a MAC address, which confuses udev.

Signed-off-by: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk>
---
 drivers/net/ne2k-pci.c |    7 +++----
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ne2k-pci.c b/drivers/net/ne2k-pci.c
index eb66f65..7d83896 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ne2k-pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ne2k-pci.c
@@ -374,18 +374,17 @@ static int __devinit ne2k_pci_init_one (struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	dev->ethtool_ops = &ne2k_pci_ethtool_ops;
 	NS8390_init(dev, 0);
 
+	memcpy(dev->dev_addr, SA_prom, 6);
+	memcpy(dev->perm_addr, dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
+
 	i = register_netdev(dev);
 	if (i)
 		goto err_out_free_netdev;
 
-	for(i = 0; i < 6; i++)
-		dev->dev_addr[i] = SA_prom[i];
 	printk("%s: %s found at %#lx, IRQ %d, %pM.\n",
 	       dev->name, pci_clone_list[chip_idx].name, ioaddr, dev->irq,
 	       dev->dev_addr);
 
-	memcpy(dev->perm_addr, dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
-
 	return 0;
 
 err_out_free_netdev:

-- 
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