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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] - 2.4.16 ns83820 optical support (Netgear GA621)
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Rob Myers wrote:
> are references to dev->net_dev.name valid before
> register_netdev(&dev->net_dev) in ns83820_init_one()?

no.  register_netdev is where an interface number(name) is assigned.

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