From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751581Ab0HCBbT (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Aug 2010 21:31:19 -0400 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:43038 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751207Ab0HCBbS (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Aug 2010 21:31:18 -0400 Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 18:30:14 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Haiyang Zhang Cc: "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" , "'devel@driverdev.osuosl.org'" , "'virtualization@lists.osdl.org'" , "'gregkh@suse.de'" , Hank Janssen Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] staging: hv: Fix missing functions for net_device_ops (resubmit) Message-ID: <20100803013013.GC3814@kroah.com> References: <1FB5E1D5CA062146B38059374562DF7280E8556B@TK5EX14MBXC121.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1FB5E1D5CA062146B38059374562DF7280E8556B@TK5EX14MBXC121.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.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