netdev - Re: [PATCH -next/-mm/mainline] net/hp-plus: fix link errors

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Message-ID: <20081125142026.49ed9c02@extreme>
Date:	Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:20:26 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, randy.dunlap@...cle.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jgarzik@...ox.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next/-mm/mainline] net/hp-plus: fix link errors

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:13:28 +0000
Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

> > We added code that splits the struct netdev function pointers out into
> > a seperate structure.  In order to make initialization of the
> > netdev_ops members work inside of the driver (and keep it const), we
> > exported some of these 8390 library symbols.
> 
> Then probably they want __ sticking in front of them and wrapping in
> 8390.c and 8390p.c which is how the other symbols were done.
> 
> Alan

Actually, all the 8390 based drivers need to get converted to netdev_ops
then it will be fixed.  
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