Re: netdev_ops retraction

["David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>]

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 20:35:42 -0300
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br> wrote:

> Em Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 07:44:16PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox escreveu:
> > I think there's still scope for a netdev_ops patch, but it's of dubious value
> > and more of a 2.7 project.
> 
> OK with me, I mentioned this in a brainstorm and thought of it as a 2.7 thing
> anyway.

I'm ok with the simplified ethtool-only version too.

Although I'm confused about what kind of problem there is with
netdev_ops being such a "large structure".

This is the kind of thing there'd be _ONE_ copy of in each driver,
ala.

struct netdev_ops tg3_netdev_ops {
 ...
	.foo	=	tg3_foo,
 ...
};

...
	tp->dev->netdev_ops = &tg3_netdev_ops;
...

Right?