Re: Subject: Linux Kernel -Open Call inside a Driver!

Olaf Titz (olaf@bigred.inka.de)
Wed, 03 Mar 1999 12:14:23 +0100

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> On the second, I attempted to have a module driver install multiple
> network devices (register_netdev() I believe) based on data passed to
> it from a SIOCDEVPRIVATE call to the installed module. This failed
> because SIOCDEVPRIVATE calls get a kernel lock, and register_netdev()
> attempts to get the same lock.

I ran across exactly this problem too. The solution is to use
register_netdevice() instead of register_netdev() under 2.1/2.2.

Olaf

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