netdev - Re: [PATCH UPDATE] Extract chip specific code out of lasi

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Message-ID: <20070627193941.GA7748@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
Date:	Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:39:41 +0200
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	jgarzik@...ox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH UPDATE]  Extract chip specific code out of lasi_82596.c

Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de> :
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 11:47:55PM +0200, Francois Romieu wrote:
> > Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de> :
> > [...]
> > > +static inline void init_rx_bufs(struct net_device *dev)
[...]
> > The driver could use netdev_alloc_skb.
> 
> what's the advantage ?

Setting of skb->dev.

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Ueimor
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