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| author | Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> | 2007-10-09 10:40:57 +0200 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net> | 2007-10-11 01:52:52 +0200 |
| commit | 3b04ddde02cf1b6f14f2697da5c20eca5715017f (patch) | |
| tree | 9da1341a5a399a507b5ea6bf5a3047506b8d8f8f /net/core/dev.c | |
| parent | [NET]: Wrap hard_header_parse (diff) | |
| download | linux-3b04ddde02cf1b6f14f2697da5c20eca5715017f.tar.xz linux-3b04ddde02cf1b6f14f2697da5c20eca5715017f.zip | |
[NET]: Move hardware header operations out of netdevice.
Since hardware header operations are part of the protocol class
not the device instance, make them into a separate object and
save memory.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 3923d5133050..d99864662582 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -967,14 +967,6 @@ void dev_load(struct net *net, const char *name) request_module("%s", name); } -static int default_rebuild_header(struct sk_buff *skb) -{ - printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: default_rebuild_header called -- BUG!\n", - skb->dev ? skb->dev->name : "NULL!!!"); - kfree_skb(skb); - return 1; -} - /** * dev_open - prepare an interface for use. * @dev: device to open @@ -3561,14 +3553,6 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev) } } - /* - * nil rebuild_header routine, - * that should be never called and used as just bug trap. - */ - - if (!dev->rebuild_header) - dev->rebuild_header = default_rebuild_header; - ret = netdev_register_kobject(dev); if (ret) goto err_uninit; |