netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: mvneta: enable features before registering the driver

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Date:	Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:16:04 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	w@....eu
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: mvneta: enable features before registering the
 driver

From: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 20:47:01 +0200

> Hi,
> 
> I noticed that mvneta's tx-csum/sg were off until disabled then
> enabled, which led me to think that something was not made in the
> correct sequence. And indeed, setting the dev features _before_
> registering the device works much better :-)
> 
> This patch is for master but may be backported to 3.8-stable as well,
> which is where I first experienced the issue.

Please don't post patches like this, you make extra work for the
maintainer by having to edit out this commentary.

You put such commentary after the "---" seperator the delineates
your commit message in the email body, not before.

Anyways, applied.
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