Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.19] AT91RM9200 Ethernet update 3

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 09:19:57 -0800

On 05 Dec 2006 09:29:52 +0200
Andrew Victor <[email-masked]> wrote:

> hi Stephen,
> 
> > Use netdev_alloc_skb instead. It sets skb->dev so you don't have to.
> 
> netdev_alloc_skb() seems to cause 2 function calls [__netdev_alloc_skb()
> and __alloc_skb()], instead of just 1 for the dev_alloc_skb() case.
> It might be more efficient if the driver manually sets skb->dev.

That is trivial, and netdev_alloc_skb() is setup to handle other
issues in future.

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Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>