Subject: Re: [PATCH] phylib: update mdiobus_alloc() to allocate extra private space

From: Timur Tabi <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:37:32 -0600

David Miller wrote:
> Make the change how I suggested, where mdiobus_alloc() retains it's current
> function signature and semantics.  Then you can edit drivers as needed rather
> than from the beginning.

Yes, your approach makes much more sense.  I should have thought of it.

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Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale