Re: [PATCH] powerpc: ibmveth: Harden driver initilisation for kexec
From: Michael Ellerman <hidden>
Date: 2006-03-27 01:11:16
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- 2006-09-18 · [PATCH] powerpc: ibmveth: Harden driver initilisation for kexec · Michael Ellerman <hidden>
On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 13:40 -0600, Santiago Leon wrote:
From: Michael Ellerman <redacted> After a kexec the veth driver will fail when trying to register with the Hypervisor because the previous kernel has not unregistered. So if the registration fails, we unregister and then try again. Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <redacted> Acked-by: Anton Blanchard <redacted> Signed-off-by: Santiago Leon <redacted> --- drivers/net/ibmveth.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
Looks like this hit the floor. Any chance of getting it into to 2.6.17 Jeff? AFAICT it should still apply cleanly. cheers -- Michael Ellerman IBM OzLabs wwweb: http://michael.ellerman.id.au phone: +61 2 6212 1183 (tie line 70 21183) We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. - S.M.A.R.T Person