netdev - Re: extending feature word.

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Message-ID: <20110405113007.GA21358@rere.qmqm.pl>
Date:	Tue, 5 Apr 2011 13:30:07 +0200
From:	Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
To:	Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>
Cc:	linux-netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: extending feature word.

On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 08:09:14PM -0700, Mahesh Bandewar wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 5:42 AM, Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl> wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 07:07:05PM -0700, Mahesh Bandewar wrote:
> > If you want to split the work, it would be clearer to first convert
> > hw_features and wanted_features (with all the core code touching it -
> > this is the easy part), then vlan_features (this includes drivers'
> > and VLAN code) and then features (it's all over).
> I like the idea of splitting but it will be only useful when all of it
> is done and not partially, isn't it? Or am I missing something?

Since this is a big change, when split it might be easier to follow.
OTOH, with your idea of macro it might be easier to do incremental
changes (I think this will be a lot of work for no gain in this case).

Best Regards,
Michał Mirosław
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