linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] qeth doesn't work anymore because of netdev

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Message-Id: <20080724.135602.196740386.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:56:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	heiko.carstens@...ibm.com
Cc:	frank.blaschka@...ibm.com, schwidefsky@...ibm.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] qeth doesn't work anymore because of netdev_priv changes

From: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:46:24 +0200

> git commit e3c50d5d25ac09efd9acbe2b2a3e365466de84ed
> "netdev: netdev_priv() can now be sane again." breaks qeth on s390
> (no more networking possible). Reverting the patch fixes it.
> I haven't looked into this any further.

You guys have to stop overriding netdev->priv if that's what
you're doing.

If you need a mid-layer private pointer, use netdev->ml_priv
as it's created exactly for that purpose.
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