netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] bnx2x: dont use netdev_alloc

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Date:	Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:17:58 -0700
From:	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	vladz@...adcom.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	mchan@...adcom.com, eilong@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bnx2x: dont use netdev_alloc_skb()

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:39 AM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: "Vladislav Zolotarov" <vladz@...adcom.com>
> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:12:41 -0700
>
>> Dave, if it can wait till tomorrow, I'd like to ask u to wait for Eilon's
>> final ACK.
>
> Ok, but it is two days later now :-)

If the netdev_alloc_skb is reverted to do local node allocation as
Eric suggested, then this patch against bnx2x (and presumably similar
changes to other drivers) is no longer needed.

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