register_netdev usage

Hi,

Please clarify any issues with �register_netdev�
usage. Like I have seen strange behaviour with 2.6.5-7
kernel on PPC64 platform in my network driver:

When �register_netdev� is not called at the end of my
probe function �s2io_init_nic�  but some where in
middle of probe function, then s2io_open gets called
even though I was just doing insmod. But this issue
goes away when I push register_netdev to the end of
probe function.

So why is it like this, is this expected behaviour???

Please mail me at rajuraghava@yahoo.com as I did�t
subscribe.

Regards
Raghava.



	
		
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