netdev - Re: [RFC] netdevice ops

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Message-Id: <20070517.214935.27951232.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 17 May 2007 21:49:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	greearb@...delatech.com
Cc:	shemminger@...ux-foundation.org, jgarzik@...ox.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] netdevice ops

From: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 21:23:16 -0700

> Vlan code uses several of the methods, so I'm not sure how it will save 
> any memory

Feeling particularly dense today?

Only one copy of the ops will be needed for all vlan devices:

static const struct netdev_ops vlan_netdev_ops = {
	...
};

Then VLAN device creation goes, "vlan_netdev->ops = &vlan_netdev_ops;"

Clearer now?
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