From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Zijlstra Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 4/9] e100 driver conversion Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 22:18:03 +0200 Message-ID: <1155068284.23134.23.camel@lappy> References: <20060808193325.1396.58813.sendpatchset@lappy> <20060808193405.1396.14701.sendpatchset@lappy> <44D8F074.8060001@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Daniel Phillips , Jesse Brandeburg Return-path: Received: from amsfep17-int.chello.nl ([213.46.243.15]:1567 "EHLO amsfep18-int.chello.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964955AbWHHUSp (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Aug 2006 16:18:45 -0400 To: Auke Kok In-Reply-To: <44D8F074.8060001@intel.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 13:13 -0700, Auke Kok wrote: > Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > Update the driver to make use of the netdev_alloc_skb() API and the > > NETIF_F_MEMALLOC feature. > > this should be done in two separate patches. I should take care of the netdev_alloc_skb() > part too for e100 (which I've already queued internally), also since ixgb still needs it. > > do you have any plans to visit ixgb for this change too? Well, all drivers are queued, these were just the ones I have hardware for in running systems (except wireless). Since this patch-set is essentially a RFC, your patch will likely hit mainline ere this one, at that point I'll rebase. For future patches I'll split up in two if people are so inclined.