Thread (39 messages) 39 messages, 5 authors, 2010-09-29

RE: [PATCH v11 03/17] Add a ndo_mp_port_prep pointer to net_device_ops.

From: Xin, Xiaohui <hidden>
Date: 2010-09-29 13:42:40
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Ok, I will comment it above the structure.

Thanks
Xiaohui
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Hutchings [mailto:bhutchings@solarflare.com]
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 9:43 PM
To: Xin, Xiaohui
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; kvm@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;
mingo@elte.hu; davem@davemloft.net; herbert@gondor.hengli.com.au;
jdike@linux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 03/17] Add a ndo_mp_port_prep pointer to net_device_ops.

On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 12:27 +0800, xiaohui.xin@intel.com wrote:
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From: Xin Xiaohui <redacted>

If the driver want to allocate external buffers,
then it can export it's capability, as the skb
buffer header length, the page length can be DMA, etc.
The external buffers owner may utilize this.
[...]

This information needs to be included in the comment above struct
net_device_ops, not just in the commit message.

Ben.

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