From: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:43:23 -0700
> Netpoll only works on Ethernet devices, so check during setup
> rather than just failing silently later.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> --- a/net/core/netpoll.c 2007-11-03 11:05:33.000000000 -0700
> +++ b/net/core/netpoll.c 2007-11-03 11:08:23.000000000 -0700
> @@ -653,6 +653,12 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np, st
> unsigned long flags;
> int err;
>
> + if (ndev->type != ARPHRD_ETHER) {
> + printk(KERN_ERR "netpoll: %s is not an ethernet device\n",
> + ndev->name);
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> np->dev = ndev;
This patch depends upon the broken np->dev_name one, and I also would
rather fix the limitations in netpoll.
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