[PATCH 2/2] phylib: add module owner to the mii_bus structure

2007-12-21 Thread Ionut Nicu
Prevent unloading mii bus driver module when other modules have references to some phydevs on that bus. Added a new member (module owner) to struct mii_bus and added code to increment the mii bus owner module usage count on phy_connect and decrement it on phy_disconnect Set the module owner in

RE: [PATCH 2/2] phylib: add module owner to the mii_bus structure

2007-12-21 Thread Medve Emilian
Tested-by: Emil Medve [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicu Ioan Petru Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 7:58 AM To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: Nicu Ioan Petru Subject: [PATCH 2/2] phylib: add module owner

Re: [PATCH 2/2] phylib: add module owner to the mii_bus structure

2007-12-21 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:57:31 +0200 Ionut Nicu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Prevent unloading mii bus driver module when other modules have references to some phydevs on that bus. Added a new member (module owner) to struct mii_bus and added code to increment the mii bus owner module usage