Hi David Please find this patch against net-2.6.22
Thank you [PATCH] NET : loopback driver can use loopback_dev integrated net_device_stats Rusty added a new 'stats' field to struct net_device. loopback driver can use it instead of declaring another struct net_device_stats This saves some memory. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff --git a/drivers/net/loopback.c b/drivers/net/loopback.c index 6df673a..6ba6ed2 100644 --- a/drivers/net/loopback.c +++ b/drivers/net/loopback.c @@ -164,11 +164,9 @@ #endif return 0; } -static struct net_device_stats loopback_stats; - static struct net_device_stats *get_stats(struct net_device *dev) { - struct net_device_stats *stats = &loopback_stats; + struct net_device_stats *stats = &dev->stats; unsigned long bytes = 0; unsigned long packets = 0; int i; @@ -208,7 +206,6 @@ static const struct ethtool_ops loopback struct net_device loopback_dev = { .name = "lo", .get_stats = &get_stats, - .priv = &loopback_stats, .mtu = (16 * 1024) + 20 + 20 + 12, .hard_start_xmit = loopback_xmit, .hard_header = eth_header, - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html