proposed changes to init_*dev() for GFP_DMA

Hello all.

For the 2.5 tree,

I'm wondering if there would be support for extending the
underlying init_*dev() -> init_netdev() interfaces, so that
there is a way to pass in the GFP_DMA alloc flag, or any other
flag, if needed for the private memory to be kmalloced for
dev->priv? This would allow more drivers to use the same
interface.

Basicaly, I'm thinking something like:

struct net_device *init_etherdev(struct net_device *dev, int sizeof_priv, int flags);

/* for regualr devices */
dev = init_etherdev(NULL, sizeof(struct foo_priv), GFP_KERNEL);

or 

/* for DMA devices */
dev = init_etherdev(NULL, sizeof(struct foo_priv), GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);

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Crutcher Dunnavant [off-list ref]
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