Mark Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Arjan van de Ven wrote: >> On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:21:12 -0500 >> Mark Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Eric W. Biederman wrote: >>>> Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>> Sure. We keep the updated dev_get_by_XXXX that takes a network >>>> namespace parameter. >>> .. >>> >>> And what should code be passing in when "# CONFIG_NET_NS is not set" ? >> >> network drivers probably really really don't want to call >> dev_get_by_XXX... > .. > > Fine. But all of them want to call sk_alloc(),
network drivers should be calling sk_alloc less then they should call dev_get_by_XXXX. Only protocols call sk_alloc. > and many want to do register_netdev(). I haven't even touched register_netdev. > So what should they be using there ? What are you having problems with? It is hard to answer specific questions without a context. Eric -- 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
