netdev - Re: RESEND [PATCH 2/2] de4x5: Remove developer debug feature about set/clear promisc

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Date:	Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:09:32 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	Wang Chen <wangchen@...fujitsu.com>
CC:	Grant Grundler <grundler@...isc-linux.org>,
	NETDEV <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RESEND [PATCH 2/2] de4x5: Remove developer debug feature about
 set/clear promisc

Wang Chen wrote:
> IFF_PROMISC flag shouldn't be set or cleared by drivers, because
> whether device be promisc mode is decided by how many upper layer
> callers being referenced to it.
> And the promisc changing feature of de4x5 ioctl is developer debug
> feature, we can remove it now.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wang Chen <wangchen@...fujitsu.com>
> Acked-by: Grant Grundler <grundler@...isc-linux.org>

applied


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