Emitting message 
>> eth%d: NE2000 found at 0x220, using IRQ 5.
isn't nice. 
Newer ne.c moves this message after register_netdev(),
where dev->name = "eth%d" is refilled.

*** linux-2.6.18.i686/drivers/net/ne.c.dist	Wed Sep 20 12:42:06 2006
--- linux-2.6.18.i686/drivers/net/ne.c	Sat Jun  4 11:59:21 2011
***************
*** 507,523 ****
  	for (i = 0 ; i < ETHER_ADDR_LEN ; i++) {
  		dev->dev_addr[i] = SA_prom[i]
  			= inb_p(ioaddr + EN1_PHYS_SHIFT(i));
- 		printk(" %2.2x", SA_prom[i]);
  	}
  #else
  	for(i = 0; i < ETHER_ADDR_LEN; i++) {
- 		printk(" %2.2x", SA_prom[i]);
  		dev->dev_addr[i] = SA_prom[i];
  	}
  #endif
  
! 	printk("\n%s: %s found at %#x, using IRQ %d.\n",
! 		dev->name, name, ioaddr, dev->irq);
  
  	ei_status.name = name;
  	ei_status.tx_start_page = start_page;
--- 507,524 ----
  	for (i = 0 ; i < ETHER_ADDR_LEN ; i++) {
  		dev->dev_addr[i] = SA_prom[i]
  			= inb_p(ioaddr + EN1_PHYS_SHIFT(i));
  	}
  #else
  	for(i = 0; i < ETHER_ADDR_LEN; i++) {
  		dev->dev_addr[i] = SA_prom[i];
  	}
  #endif
  
! 	printk(" MAC addr");
! 	for(i = 0; i < ETHER_ADDR_LEN; i++) {
! 		printk("%c%2.2x", i?':':' ', dev->dev_addr[i]);
! 	}
! 	printk("\n");
  
  	ei_status.name = name;
  	ei_status.tx_start_page = start_page;
***************
*** 547,552 ****
--- 548,555 ----
  	ret = register_netdev(dev);
  	if (ret)
  		goto out_irq;
+ 	printk(KERN_INFO "%s: %s found at %#x, using IRQ %d.\n",
+ 	       dev->name, name, ioaddr, dev->irq);
  	return 0;
  
  out_irq: