Re: init_etherdev() vs. register_netdev()

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 31 Mar 1997 20:19:34 +0100 (BST)

> was not put in init_etherdev? Are init_etherdev() and register_netdev()
> mutually exclusive functions (they seem to be, because in the etherexpress
> 100 driver, there is an #ifdef that uses either init_etherdev() or another
> mechanism (including register_netdev()))... Is this an oversight or a
> feature?

Its an oversight that init_ethdev doesnt set the index. Add

dev->ifindex=dev_new_index();

at the bottom of the function

Added to my patches