From: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 21:07:37 -0700
> I want to take all the function pointers of 'struct net_device' and > move them to 'struct net_device_ops'. This will save memory for the > case of lots of devices, as well as reduce initialization code. > > Rough plan: > 1. Introduce inline accessors so protocols don't dereference dev->XXX > directly. > 2. Fix protocols to use #1 > 3. Add ops field to net_device, and netdevice_register will fill in old values > in 'struct net_device'. > 4...1300 Fix all network devices to use ops field > 1301 Change accessors to use ops, get rid of old 'struct net_device' function > pointers. > > It isn't rocket science just another code exercise. I'll patch bomb it into > something > like 2.6.23-mm first. > > This should really help the people who like to do 1000's of vlans etc. I have no objections. - 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
