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Date:	Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:19:50 +0100
From:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
To:	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: sunvnet netdev ops conversion...

Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:43:00PM CET, bjorn@...k.no wrote:
>David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> writes:
>> From: Yang Hongyang <yanghy@...fujitsu.com>
>> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:30:59 +0800
>>
>>> David Miller wrote:
>>> > Committed to net-next-2.6...
>>> > 
>>> > sunvnet: Convert to net_device_ops.
>>> 
>>> I noticed that there are other drivers's  net_device_ops 
>>> need to be converted,is these convert nessary?
>>
>> Not necessary, but desirable.  Once all drivers are
>> converted we can remove the compatability code.
>
>Just thinking... Would it make sense, at some point before removing the
>compatibility layer, to add tests for partial conversions?  I noticed
>the sungem bug just fixed by Stephen Hemminger 
>( http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/122756 )
>which could have been caught by the patch below.
>
>This will also ease the transition of "driver sets", like usbnet and
>it's children, where a number of drivers need to make the conversion
>together.  Don't know if that's a big problem, but it did stop my first
>attempt to convert usbnet because I was uncertain whether I had caught
>all of the necessary mini driver conversions.
>
>Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
>---
>
> net/core/dev.c |   28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
>index f112970..ad3e780 100644
>--- a/net/core/dev.c
>+++ b/net/core/dev.c
>@@ -4359,6 +4359,34 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
> 	 * This is temporary until all network devices are converted.
> 	 */
> 	if (dev->netdev_ops) {
>+		/* drivers using netdev_ops should not set any of these */
>+		if (dev->init ||
>+		    dev->uninit ||
>+		    dev->open ||
>+		    dev->change_rx_flags ||
>+		    dev->set_rx_mode ||
>+		    dev->set_multicast_list ||
>+		    dev->set_mac_address ||
>+		    dev->validate_addr ||
>+		    dev->do_ioctl ||
>+		    dev->set_config ||
>+		    dev->change_mtu ||
>+		    dev->neigh_setup ||
>+		    dev->tx_timeout ||
>+		    dev->get_stats ||
>+		    dev->vlan_rx_register ||
>+		    dev->vlan_rx_add_vid ||
>+		    dev->vlan_rx_kill_vid
>+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
>+		    || dev->poll_controller
>+#endif
>+			) {
>+			char drivername[64];
>+
>+			pr_info("%s (%s): mixing netdev_ops and old API\n",
>+				dev->name, netdev_drivername(dev, drivername, 
>+							     64));
>+		}
> 		netdev_resync_ops(dev);
> 	} else {
> 		char drivername[64];
>
cc'ing Dave.

This seems like a good idea. It would make it more visible. Besides, it's
temporary so why not?

Jirka
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