netdev - Re: [PATCH 01/10] net: introduce time stamping wrapper for netif

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Date:	Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:04:07 +0200
From:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	shemminger@...tta.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] net: introduce time stamping wrapper for
 netif_rx.

On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 04:10:25PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> 
> Also, it makes no sense to add this for obsolete RX processing such
> that netif_rx() is.
> 
> If drivers want to add fancy features like this timestamping stuff,
> they better move on to NAPI, GRO, etc. first.  Putting support for
> new features into deprecating things like netif_rx() makes no
> sense at all.

Okay, I see your point. I won't bother trying to improve the "academy
of ancient drivers," and I'll repost without the netif_rx wrapper.

However, I do want to support the coldfire fec driver, since Freescale
is selling two coldfire development boards with the dp83640 phy. But I
don't think it makes sense to try and upgrade the fec driver to napi,
when a simple "if !skb_defer_rx_timestamp" will do there.

Thanks,
Richard
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