From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [CFT] 2.6.x experimental net driver updates Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 00:23:44 -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3FBC4FE0.2020705@pobox.com> References: <3FBBA954.6000601@pobox.com> <20031120025423.GB24159@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com, Linux Kernel Return-path: To: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk In-Reply-To: <20031120025423.GB24159@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org 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