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Re: Regarding SET_NETDEV_DEV

from [Jeff Garzik] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Regarding SET_NETDEV_DEV
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 23:27:40 -0400
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David S. Miller wrote: 
   From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>
   Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 13:59:21 -0400

For janitors and other developers placing this in net drivers...
please don't :) This can be done in upper layers, accomplishing the
same goal without changing the low-level net driver code at all.
Don't say something can be done without showing exactly
how :-)

How does register_netdevice() know that the device is "whatever" and
where to get the generic device struct from?


Doh! You are totally right -- it can't get the association any other way. Folks, ignore me :)

        Jeff




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