netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] staging: octeon: don't panic

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Date:   Thu, 13 Apr 2023 18:28:19 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Ladislav Michl <oss-lists@...ops.cz>
Cc:     linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        Chris Packham <chris.packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] staging: octeon: don't panic

> Problem with this code is that it registers netdevices in for loop,
> so the only device available here is parent device to all that
> netdevices (which weren't registered).

You always have pdev->dev, which you can use until you have a
registered netdev. That is a common pattern.

	   Andrew