netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: r8169: convert to hw

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Date:	Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:30:29 +0200
From:	Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
To:	François Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Dillow <dave@...dillows.org>,
	Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: r8169: convert to hw_features

On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 05:45:08PM +0200, François Romieu wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:35:56PM +0200, Michał Mirosław wrote:
> > Simple conversion with a bit of needed cleanup.
> The description should include :
> - Rx VLAN tag stripping is now enabled by default

Actually, it was enabled by default before. NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_TX_RX was
#defined to be NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_TX+NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_RX.

> As far as I understand it, it is fine to have dev->hw_features
> strictly smaller than dev->features, right ?

Yes. hw_features signifies what can be toggled by user, but does not
imply state of features not present there.

Best Regards,
Michał Mirosław
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