On Sat, 2007-11-03 at 12:48 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > The sizeof(struct device) is way too big, especially in the network device > case. > We want to support 1000's of device's and the change from class_device to > net_device has caused needless bloat. > > sizeof(struct device) = 272 > sizeof(struct class_device) = 92 > * not the class_id in class_device could also be removed or changed to > a ptr, since it is redundant for net_devices.
The thing that surprised me most was that it contains a struct semaphore, Greg, is that really needed? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
