netdev - [PATCH v2] aquantia: Remove the build

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Date:   Thu, 19 Nov 2020 22:24:43 +0000
From:   "Ramsay, Lincoln" <Lincoln.Ramsay@...i.com>
To:     Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
CC:     Igor Russkikh <irusskikh@...vell.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Dmitry Bogdanov <dbogdanov@...vell.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] aquantia: Remove the build_skb path

> Ramsay, Lincoln <Lincoln.Ramsay@...i.com> wrote:
> > The build_skb path fails to allow for an SKB header, but the hardware
> > buffer it is built around won't allow for this anyway.
> 
> What problem is being resolved here?

Sorry... Do I need to re-post the context? (I thought the reply headers would have kept this with the original patch that included the justification, plus the discussion that led to this revised patch).

Lincoln