From: Stephen Hemminger <redacted>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:45:42 -0800

On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:36:27 -0800 (PST)
David Miller [off-list ref] wrote:

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From: Stephen Hemminger <redacted>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:20:45 -0800

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6. Not using pci dma allocation which is more standard convention

Using the generic DMA interfaces is actually preferred.  There is
no effective difference other than using a more generic interface.

Ok, but this???

Yes, of course, all of those NAPI et al. abstraction macros have
to go.

I was only commenting about the DMA bits, the rest of your
criticism was on target.