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Re: [PATCH] Convert pppoe to new style protocol

To: Werner Almesberger <wa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Convert pppoe to new style protocol
From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 18 Jun 2003 14:51:59 +0200
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 14:51:59 +0200
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>, ak@xxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, mostrows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, paulus@xxxxxxxxxx
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On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 09:21:26AM -0300, Werner Almesberger wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 03:07:51PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> > Please don't add new skb_linearize() users, I'm trying
> > to make that only local to net/core/dev.c
> 
> I know you find documentation unmanly, but maybe ...

But what is the replacement? For moving over whole subsystems to 
non linear skbs it's a bit late in the release...

And the "legacy protocol" setting cannot be used anymore because
it triggers a printk for every packet on a SMP kernel.

-Andi


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