netdev - Re: Resource usages in Linux drivers

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Date:	Fri, 24 Apr 2015 01:19:17 +0200
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
Cc:	Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@....com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	stephen@...workplumber.org, Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: Resource usages in Linux drivers

Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com> :
> On 4/23/2015 1:08 PM, Jia-Ju Bai wrote:
[...]
> >I also find many drivers do not use these managed APIs, especially in ethernet
> >card drivers (like e100, r8169). Is it possible to change them?
> 
>    Patches welcome. :-)

I respectfully disagree.

If someone believes basic resouce management to be too hard or error-prone
to handle, he should imvho seriously rise the bar and reconsider the way
he wants to contribute to the kernel.

I may hope he who reads e100.c to think about DMA api, bql or rx ring
holes avoidance to quote a few ones. Managed API ? Mildly...

-- 
Ueimor
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