* Patch by Richard Klingler, 03 Apr 2005:
  Add call to eth_halt() in net/net.c when called functions fail
  after eth_init() has been called.

* Patch by Sam Song, 3 April 2005:
  - Update README.Netconsole
  - Update README
diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c
index 00aa661..7c3744d 100644
--- a/net/net.c
+++ b/net/net.c
@@ -303,8 +303,10 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_MULTI
 	eth_set_current();
 #endif
-	if (eth_init(bd) < 0)
+	if (eth_init(bd) < 0) {
+		eth_halt();
 		return(-1);
+	}
 
 restart:
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_MULTI
@@ -383,6 +385,7 @@
 	switch (net_check_prereq (protocol)) {
 	case 1:
 		/* network not configured */
+		eth_halt();
 		return (-1);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_MULTI