netdev - Re: [PATCH]&[Question] netdevice: Use netdev

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Message-Id: <20080801.030834.245436720.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:08:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	wangchen@...fujitsu.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]&[Question] netdevice: Use netdev_priv()

From: Wang Chen <wangchen@...fujitsu.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:50:15 +0800

> That make me think, what the use of netdev->priv?
> We have netdev_priv() and use it flexibly. Why don't kill netdev->priv?

Way too many old drivers still reference netdev->priv directly.

Once we convert all of them to netdev_priv(), yes we can kill
netdev->priv
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