From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:57:01 +0200

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> "ifconfig eth0 up && ifconfig eth0 down" triggers:
 ...
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> mdiobus_register() calls device_register() which initializes the kobj of
> the device. mdiobus_unregister() calls only device_del() so we have one
> reference left. That one is leaving with mdiobus_free() which is only
> called on remove.
> Since I don't see any reason why mdiobus_register()/mdiobus_unregister()
> should happen in ->open()/->close() I move them to probe & exit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>

This looks a lot better, applied, thanks Sebastian!
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