Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: New network driver interface changes, README | From | Henner Eisen <> | Date | 11 Feb 2000 20:57:58 +0100 |
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Hi,
>>>>> "David" == David S Miller <davem@redhat.com> writes:
David> 5) dev->hard_start_xmit()
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David> This method will be called with local _software_ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ David> interrupts disabled. If you need local hw IRQs disabled or ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Is this part of the interface specification or just a feature of the current implementation?
Should driver authors rely or better not rely on this if they want to reduce the probability of trouble in the future (future network changes)?
Henner
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