From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] staging: hv: Fix missing functions for net_device_ops (resubmit) Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 18:30:14 -0700 Message-ID: <20100803013013.GC3814@kroah.com> References: <1FB5E1D5CA062146B38059374562DF7280E8556B@TK5EX14MBXC121.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1FB5E1D5CA062146B38059374562DF7280E8556B@TK5EX14MBXC121.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Haiyang Zhang Cc: "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" , "'devel@driverdev.osuosl.org'" , "'virtualization@lists.osdl.org'" , "'gregkh@suse.de'" , Hank Janssen List-Id: virtualization@lists.linuxfoundation.org On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 05:46:01PM +0000, Haiyang Zhang wrote: > From: Haiyang Zhang > > Subject: staging: hv: Fix missing functions for net_device_ops > Unlike in older kernels, ether_setup() no longer sets default Why put the subject in the body of the email? This forces me to edit it again :( > functions. We need to put them into net_device_ops. For example, > eth_change_mtu prevents setting MTU beyond 1500. This is necessary > because we don't support jumbo frame at this time. What does this mean? Is it a bug? Just not going as fast as possible? Something else? > It affects kernel 2.6.32 and later, which are all versions > containing Hyper-V drivers. So is this fixing a bug that needs to be backported to these older kernels (i.e. the staging tree?) Is this something that is causing people problems? Third time's a charm? thanks, greg k-h