netdev - RE: [RFC PATCH] gianfar: update txq->trans_start rather than dev->trans

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Date:	Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:07:33 +0530
From:	"Kumar Gopalpet-B05799" <B05799@...escale.com>
To:	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <avorontsov@...mvista.com>
Subject: RE: [RFC PATCH] gianfar: update txq->trans_start rather than dev->trans_start

 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Miller [mailto:davem@...emloft.net] 
>Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 8:15 AM
>To: Kumar Gopalpet-B05799
>Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; avorontsov@...mvista.com
>Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] gianfar: update txq->trans_start 
>rather than dev->trans_start
>
>From: Sandeep Gopalpet <Sandeep.Kumar@...escale.com>
>Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:34:41 +0530
>
>> Signed-off-by: Sandeep Gopalpet <Sandeep.Kumar@...escale.com>
>> ---
>> 
>>  *. Please let me know if updating txq->trans_start in gfar_start is
>>     alright, although updating txq->trans_start in gfar_start_xmit( )
>>     should be done.
>
>See commit 08baf561083bc27a953aa087dd8a664bb2b88e8e, you don't 
>have to update *->trans_start at all, the generic code will do 
>it for you.
>

OK. Thanks David. 

>For example, this is why you won't be able to find any 
>trans_start references in drivers such as ixgbe
>
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