From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com, Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [CFT] 2.6.x experimental net driver updates
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 00:23:44 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3FBC4FE0.2020705@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031120025423.GB24159@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>
viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 12:33:08PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
>>Ok, Al Viro's net driver refcounting work is pretty much complete, and
>
>
> The hell it is. We are through with legacy probes, we are through with
> init_etherdev(), we are practically through with static struct net_device.
hehe :) I don't mean to suggest that all is clean and pure :)
> However, we still have weird allocators (I've got almost all of them
> done by now, will submit in the next batch) and we still have struct
> net_device embedded as a field of other structures in several drivers.
Some of that will be interesting. ns83820 for example embedded
net_device on purpose... Ben seemed to think at the time it gave him
some speed, a few less pointer derefs and such.
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-20 5:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-19 17:33 [CFT] 2.6.x experimental net driver updates Jeff Garzik
2003-11-20 2:54 ` viro
2003-11-20 5:23 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2003-11-20 5:47 ` viro
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