netdev - Re: [RFC] netdevice ops

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Date:	Fri, 18 May 2007 00:54:13 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] netdevice ops

Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> I want to take all the function pointers of 'struct net_device' and
> move them to 'struct net_device_ops'. This will save memory for the
> case of lots of devices, as well as reduce initialization code.

It will also add an additional deref to every operation, right?

	Jeff



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