netdev - [PATCH next] staging-winbond: Kill directly reference of netdev->priv

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Date:	Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:33:22 +0800
From:	Wang Chen <wangchen@...fujitsu.com>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	gregkh@...e.de, NETDEV <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH next] staging-winbond: Kill directly reference of netdev->priv

This driver is not yet finished.
At this time, we don't know how netdev be created and how
private data be allocated.
So, simply use netdev_priv() now and leave some temp comment.

Compile test only.

Signed-off-by: Wang Chen <wangchen@...fujitsu.com>
---
 drivers/staging/winbond/linux/wbusb.c |    6 +++++-
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/winbond/linux/wbusb.c b/drivers/staging/winbond/linux/wbusb.c
index f4a7875..39ca9b9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/winbond/linux/wbusb.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/winbond/linux/wbusb.c
@@ -336,7 +336,11 @@ WbUsb_destroy(phw_data_t pHwData)

 int wb35_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 {
-	PADAPTER Adapter = (PADAPTER)netdev->priv;
+	/* netdev_priv() or netdev->ml_priv should reference to the address of
+	 * private data(PADAPTER). It depends on whether private data memory is
+	 * allocated when alloc_netdev().
+	 */
+	PADAPTER Adapter = (PADAPTER)netdev_priv(netdev);
 	phw_data_t pHwData = &Adapter->sHwData;

         netif_start_queue(netdev);
-- 
1.5.3.4

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