netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/7] net: add FCoE offload support through net

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Date:	Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:24:20 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Yi Zou <yi.zou@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] net: add FCoE offload support through net_device

On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:49:49 -0700
Yi Zou <yi.zou@...el.com> wrote:

> This adds a "struct net_fcoe_ops *fcoe_ops" to net_device struct so any
> network adapter driver can provide Fiber Channle over Ethernet (FCoE) offload
> support through net_device. The fcoe_ops is only available when FCoE is
> enabled in kernel as built-in or module driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yi Zou <yi.zou@...el.com>

Rather than adding another _ops structure please add to existing
netdevice_ops. You don't need the flags that way. If netdevice_ops
has fcoe_setup, then device can do it...

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