Use netdev_alloc_skb. This sets skb->dev and allows arch specific allocation. Remove dead code and dead comments. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- a/drivers/net/hamachi.c 2008-04-07 08:48:24.000000000 -0700 +++ b/drivers/net/hamachi.c 2008-04-07 08:50:14.000000000 -0700 @@ -1140,11 +1140,11 @@ static void hamachi_tx_timeout(struct ne } /* Fill in the Rx buffers. Handle allocation failure gracefully. */ for (i = 0; i < RX_RING_SIZE; i++) { - struct sk_buff *skb = dev_alloc_skb(hmp->rx_buf_sz); + struct sk_buff *skb = netdev_alloc_skb(dev, hmp->rx_buf_sz); hmp->rx_skbuff[i] = skb; if (skb == NULL) break; - skb->dev = dev; /* Mark as being used by this device. */ + skb_reserve(skb, 2); /* 16 byte align the IP header. */ hmp->rx_ring[i].addr = cpu_to_leXX(pci_map_single(hmp->pci_dev, skb->data, hmp->rx_buf_sz, PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE)); @@ -1178,14 +1178,6 @@ static void hamachi_init_ring(struct net hmp->cur_rx = hmp->cur_tx = 0; hmp->dirty_rx = hmp->dirty_tx = 0; -#if 0 - /* This is wrong. I'm not sure what the original plan was, but this - * is wrong. An MTU of 1 gets you a buffer of 1536, while an MTU - * of 1501 gets a buffer of 1533? -KDU - */ - hmp->rx_buf_sz = (dev->mtu <= 1500 ? PKT_BUF_SZ : dev->mtu + 32); -#endif - /* My attempt at a reasonable correction */ /* +26 gets the maximum ethernet encapsulation, +7 & ~7 because the * card needs room to do 8 byte alignment, +2 so we can reserve * the first 2 bytes, and +16 gets room for the status word from the -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html