netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v10 02/14] net: page_pool: create hooks for custom page providers

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Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2024 17:27:54 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v10 02/14] net: page_pool: create hooks for
 custom page providers

On 2024-06-07 17:27, David Ahern wrote:
> I also do not understand why the ifq cache and overloading xdp functions
> have stuck around; I always thought both were added by Jonathan to
> simplify kernel ports during early POC days.

Setting up an Rx queue for ZC w/ a different pp will be done properly
using the new queue API that Mina merged recently. Those custom XDP
hooks will be gone in a non-RFC patchset.