Re: kmalloc/pci_alloc and skbuff's

[Pete Popov <ppopov@mvista.com>]

On Wed, 2001-12-19 at 13:56, Geoffrey Espin wrote:
> > > Can one include one's own arch/mips/korva/skbuff.c?
> > > But with network.o being a monolithic blob .o instead of a .a,
> 
> I figured someone might have some magic for hacking
> arch/mips/Makefile ifdef CONFIG_NEC_KORVA (or any BSP/LSP).
> I guess I'll have to make the effort.  :-)
> 
> > > Or will linux-mips.sf.net accept a patch for net/core/skbuff.c?
> > Up the the maintainer, but it's really not the right fix so I think it's
> > best for you or your customer to keep that patch locally.
> 
> I talked Jun into checking in the Markham patches... but will
> have to add a comment to the pci_xxx files that one has to get
> a separate patch for net/core/skbuff.c if using PCI with a generic
> driver.
> 
> > Another approach would be for you to preallocate your network buffers in
> > your driver, attach them permanently to the rx/tx descriptors, and then
> 
> The idea was not to mess with any PCI drivers. 2.5 is not an option for me.

Sorry, that was a bad suggestion.  I was thinking of an ethernet driver
that's part of your SOC and requires a new ethernet driver anyway. 
Otherwise, messing with all the pci ethernet drivers is definitely not
an option.

Pete