Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: New resources - pls, explain :-( | Date | Sun, 15 Aug 1999 23:45:54 +0200 (MEST) | From | (Rogier Wolff) |
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Jeff Garzik wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: > > > Why not clean up the namespace now? It's a simple #define in drivers, > > > and I venture to guess that most people will not notice since they get > > > their net drivers from kernel sources. > > > Its a #ifdef in lots of drivers. And a lot of people download their drivers > > from Don Becker and also as source from vendor sites. > > True. Will 'struct device' continue to be an annoyance to people, next > year, five years down the road?
If it has to be phased out, I would recommend having the net_device from now on, and
#define device net_device
for general use.
At 2.5/2.6 we can start depreciating the old use, by generating warnings.
2.7 (Late 2000) is the earliest that struct device could be used as something different.
Roger.
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