netdev - Re: [PATCHv2][RFC] smsc95xx: enable dynamic autosuspend

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Date:	Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:24:37 +0800
From:	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
To:	Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>
Cc:	Steve Glendinning <steve@...well.net>,
	Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@...well.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2][RFC] smsc95xx: enable dynamic autosuspend

On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de> wrote:
>
> On second thought, I think that if a driver can do manage_power(), even
> only for a subset of devices, it should implement it. Doctoring the table of methods
> is very, very ugly,

Sorry, why is it very ugly?  netdev_ops/ethtool_ops is still set dynamically
inside bind().

> especially as this not protected by a lock.

Looks lock isn't needed since probe/remove and open/close path
can't be concurrent.


Thanks,
--
Ming Lei
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