linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] staging: hv: Removed unneeded call to netif_stop_queue() in hv

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Message-ID: <20110107173139.GA12343@suse.de>
Date:	Fri, 7 Jan 2011 09:31:39 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Hank Janssen <hjanssen@...rosoft.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
	virtualization@...ts.osdl.org,
	Abhishek Kane <v-abkane@...rosoft.com>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] staging: hv: Removed unneeded call to
 netif_stop_queue() in hv_netvsc

On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 09:25:39AM -0800, Hank Janssen wrote:
> From: Hank Janssen <hjanssen@...rosoft.com>
> 
> Removed the call to netif_stop_queue() in netvsc_probe() as
> the queue is not initialized at that point and further call
> to it after queue initialization is really not necessary.
> 
> This change was prompted after an upstream change went into 
> 2.6.37 (netif_tx_stop_queue) that now checks if netif_stop_queue
> is called before register with netdev is done.
> 
> This will eliminate the warning message to the log when hv_netvsc
> driver starts up.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Abhishek Kane <v-abkane@...rosoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Hank Janssen <hjanssen@...rosoft.com>

What kernel is this needed for, .37?  .38?  older than .37?

thanks,

greg k-h
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