netdev - Re: Network: convert network devices to use struct device instead of class

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Message-ID: <45CB1AE6.9020707@garzik.org>
Date:	Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:43:18 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: Network: convert network devices to use struct device instead
 of class_device

Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote:
> Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=43cb76d91ee85f579a69d42bc8efc08bac560278
> Commit:     43cb76d91ee85f579a69d42bc8efc08bac560278
> Parent:     2943ecf2ed32632473c06f1975db47a7aa98c10f
> Author:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> AuthorDate: Tue Apr 9 12:14:34 2002 -0700
> Committer:  Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> CommitDate: Wed Feb 7 10:37:11 2007 -0800
> 
>     Network: convert network devices to use struct device instead of class_device
>     
>     This lets the network core have the ability to handle suspend/resume
>     issues, if it wants to.
>     
>     Thanks to Frederik Deweerdt <frederik.deweerdt@...il.com> for the arm
>     driver fixes.
>     
>     Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c |   33 ++--
>  drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c |   11 +-
>  drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c              |    2 +-
>  drivers/net/arm/etherh.c                  |    2 +-
>  drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c          |  287 +++++++++++++++++-----------
>  drivers/net/iseries_veth.c                |    2 +-
>  drivers/net/macb.c                        |   36 ++--
>  drivers/net/smc911x.c                     |    2 +-
>  drivers/net/smc91x.c                      |    2 +-
>  drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_main.c |    2 +-
>  drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c            |    4 +-
>  drivers/net/wireless/orinoco_cs.c         |    2 +-
>  drivers/net/wireless/spectrum_cs.c        |    2 +-
>  include/linux/netdevice.h                 |    5 +-
>  net/bridge/br_if.c                        |    2 +-
>  net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c                  |  234 +++++++++++++-----------
>  net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c                  |    2 +-
>  net/core/dev.c                            |    6 +-
>  net/core/net-sysfs.c                      |  175 ++++++++++--------
>  net/core/skbuff.c                         |    2 +-
>  20 files changed, 451 insertions(+), 362 deletions(-)

It's highly disappointing that this was never discussed on 
netdev@...r.kernel.org, or even CC'd to me.

	Jeff


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