Messages in this thread |  | | | From | (Eric W. Biederman) | | Subject | Re: namespace support requires network modules to say "GPL" | | Date | Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:14:38 -0700 |
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Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> writes:
> On 12/02/2007 12:13 AM, Eric W. Biederman wrote: >> Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca> writes: >>> 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. > > VMware vmnet.
With a quick glance in that direction it appears to the result of a design bug in vmnet that they call sk_alloc at all, and someone seems to have found a work around in vmnet for this situation.
My gut feel is that vmware should just use tun or tap (whichever is the appropriate one), and be done with it.
Eric
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