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Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:10:01 +0530 From: Krishna Kumar2 <krkumar2@...ibm.com> To: Krishna Kumar2 <krkumar2@...ibm.com> Cc: davem@...emloft.net, gaagaan@...il.com, general@...ts.openfabrics.org, hadi@...erus.ca, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, jagana@...ibm.com, jeff@...zik.org, johnpol@....mipt.ru, Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>, kumarkr@...ux.ibm.com, mcarlson@...adcom.com, mchan@...adcom.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com, rdreier@...co.com, rick.jones2@...com, Robert.Olsson@...a.slu.se, sri@...ibm.com, tgraf@...g.ch, xma@...ibm.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/12 -Rev2] Changes to netdevice.h Hi Patrick, Krishna Kumar2/India/IBM wrote on 07/23/2007 08:27:53 AM: > Hi Patrick, > > Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net> wrote on 07/22/2007 10:36:51 PM: > > > Krishna Kumar wrote: > > > @@ -472,6 +474,9 @@ struct net_device > > > void *priv; /* pointer to private data */ > > > int (*hard_start_xmit) (struct sk_buff *skb, > > > struct net_device *dev); > > > + int (*hard_start_xmit_batch) (struct net_device > > > + *dev); > > > + > > > > > > Os this function really needed? Can't you just call hard_start_xmit with > > a NULL skb and have the driver use dev->blist? > Probably not. I will see how to do it this way and get back to you. I think this is a good idea and makes code everywhere simpler. I will try this change and test to make sure it doesn't have any negative impact. Will mostly send out rev3 tomorrow. Thanks, - KK - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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