David Boggs noticed that register_hdlc_device() no longer needs to call dev_alloc_name() as it's called by register_netdev(). register_hdlc_device() is currently equivalent to register_netdev().
hdlc_setup() is now EXPORTed as per David's request. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Halasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- a/include/linux/hdlc.h +++ b/include/linux/hdlc.h @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ int hdlc_x25_ioctl(struct net_device *de int hdlc_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd); /* Must be used by hardware driver on module startup/exit */ -int register_hdlc_device(struct net_device *dev); +#define register_hdlc_device(dev) register_netdev(dev) void unregister_hdlc_device(struct net_device *dev); struct net_device *alloc_hdlcdev(void *priv); --- a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_generic.c +++ b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_generic.c @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ int hdlc_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, s } } -static void hdlc_setup(struct net_device *dev) +void hdlc_setup(struct net_device *dev) { hdlc_device *hdlc = dev_to_hdlc(dev); @@ -288,26 +288,6 @@ struct net_device *alloc_hdlcdev(void *p return dev; } -int register_hdlc_device(struct net_device *dev) -{ - int result = dev_alloc_name(dev, "hdlc%d"); - if (result < 0) - return result; - - result = register_netdev(dev); - if (result != 0) - return -EIO; - -#if 0 - if (netif_carrier_ok(dev)) - netif_carrier_off(dev); /* no carrier until DCD goes up */ -#endif - - return 0; -} - - - void unregister_hdlc_device(struct net_device *dev) { rtnl_lock(); @@ -326,8 +306,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(hdlc_open); EXPORT_SYMBOL(hdlc_close); EXPORT_SYMBOL(hdlc_set_carrier); EXPORT_SYMBOL(hdlc_ioctl); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(hdlc_setup); EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_hdlcdev); -EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_hdlc_device); EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_hdlc_device); static struct packet_type hdlc_packet_type = { - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html