upps, that's the second thing, which broke because my change:-(
> I'm sure there is a good reason that this is the wrong solution, but
> It Works For Me
your patch is ok. But I don't see a reason, why we should use two
different open routines.
Thomas.
--- orig/linux-pre-2.0.5/drivers/net/dummy.c Wed May 8 20:29:10 1996
+++ linux-pre-2.0.5/drivers/net/dummy.c Sun May 19 12:45:50 1996
@@ -58,19 +58,22 @@
static struct enet_statistics *dummy_get_stats(struct device *dev);
#endif
-#ifdef MODULE
+
static int dummy_open(struct device *dev)
{
+#ifdef MODULE
MOD_INC_USE_COUNT;
+#endif
return 0;
}
static int dummy_close(struct device *dev)
{
+#ifdef MODULE
MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT;
+#endif
return 0;
}
-#endif
int dummy_init(struct device *dev)
@@ -89,10 +92,8 @@
memset(dev->priv, 0, sizeof(struct enet_statistics));
dev->get_stats = dummy_get_stats;
#endif
-#ifdef MODULE
dev->open = &dummy_open;
dev->stop = &dummy_close;
-#endif
/* Fill in the fields of the device structure with ethernet-generic values. */
ether_setup(dev);
--
That process _deserves_ to die ("My name is Linus Torvalds, prepare to
die"). [Linus Torvalds on linux-kernel]