dev_valid_name() is a useful function.  Make it public.

Signed-off-by:  Mitch Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

diff -urpN -X dontdiff linux-2.6.14-clean/include/linux/netdevice.h 
linux-2.6.14/include/linux/netdevice.h
--- linux-2.6.14-clean/include/linux/netdevice.h        2005-10-27 
17:02:08.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.14/include/linux/netdevice.h      2005-11-08 10:14:00.000000000 
-0800
@@ -683,6 +683,7 @@ extern int          netif_rx(struct sk_buff *skb
 extern int             netif_rx_ni(struct sk_buff *skb);
 #define HAVE_NETIF_RECEIVE_SKB 1
 extern int             netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb);
+extern int             dev_valid_name(const char *name);
 extern int             dev_ioctl(unsigned int cmd, void __user *);
 extern int             dev_ethtool(struct ifreq *);
 extern unsigned                dev_get_flags(const struct net_device *);
diff -urpN -X dontdiff linux-2.6.14-clean/net/core/dev.c 
linux-2.6.14/net/core/dev.c
--- linux-2.6.14-clean/net/core/dev.c   2005-10-27 17:02:08.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.14/net/core/dev.c 2005-11-08 10:14:00.000000000 -0800
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ struct net_device * dev_get_by_flags(uns
  *     Network device names need to be valid file names to
  *     to allow sysfs to work
  */
-static int dev_valid_name(const char *name)
+int dev_valid_name(const char *name)
 {
        return !(*name == '\0'
                 || !strcmp(name, ".")
@@ -3243,6 +3243,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dev_get_by_index);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dev_get_by_name);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dev_remove_pack);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__skb_linearize);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_valid_name);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_add_pack);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_alloc_name);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_close);
-
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