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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: introduce build_skb()
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=46rom: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:26:06 +0100

> Le lundi 14 novembre 2011 =E0 14:21 -0500, David Miller a =E9crit :
>=20
>> Applied, I'll work on converting NIU over to this if I find some tim=
e.
>=20
> I dont believe NIU needs it, since its a frag enabled driver.
>=20
> You already allocate a fresh skb (and attach frags to it) right befor=
e
> giving it to upper stack.

Oh I see, this is for drivers which splat the packet into a linear
buffer to begin with.