linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 03/17] Add a ndo_mp_port_prep pointer to net_device

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Message-ID: <1285594953.2263.5.camel@achroite.uk.solarflarecom.com>
Date:	Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:42:33 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	xiaohui.xin@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, davem@...emloft.net,
	herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au, jdike@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 03/17] Add a ndo_mp_port_prep pointer to
 net_device_ops.

On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 12:27 +0800, xiaohui.xin@...el.com wrote:
> From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@...el.com>
> 
> If the driver want to allocate external buffers,
> then it can export it's capability, as the skb
> buffer header length, the page length can be DMA, etc.
> The external buffers owner may utilize this.
[...]

This information needs to be included in the comment above struct
net_device_ops, not just in the commit message.

Ben.

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