From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Jeff Kirsher" Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/33] Network Devices Ops (v0.3) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:55:12 -0800 Message-ID: <9929d2390811191355k247ac638l4cb98f9c3cdc237f@mail.gmail.com> References: <20081117234207.854110282@vyatta.com> <9929d2390811171727m14571c8bg64909d346a3753a0@mail.gmail.com> <20081117173558.7d861bcf@extreme> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "David Miller" , netdev@vger.kernel.org To: "Stephen Hemminger" Return-path: Received: from rn-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.170.190]:8790 "EHLO rn-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751092AbYKSVzN (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:55:13 -0500 Received: by rn-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k40so194501rnd.17 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:55:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20081117173558.7d861bcf@extreme> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:27:05 -0800 > "Jeff Kirsher" wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Stephen Hemminger >> wrote: >> > This sequence of patches breaks the network device adminstration >> > function table away from the network device data structure. It is >> > a transitional API change (both keep working), and this set of patches >> > hits a range of commonly used drivers. This should be enough to make sure >> > both old and new interfaces get used and tested. >> > >> > >> >> Did I miss a patch, or did you intentionally not convert ixgbe? > > Since it was so similar to ixgb, both files are patched in same patch bundle. > -- > Looking at this further, what is the benefit of this change? For this massive of a change, I would expect some sort of significant benefit. What is the driving force behind this change? -- Cheers, Jeff