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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