Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Sep 2000 04:01:39 -0500 (CDT) | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Q: network drivers interface changes |
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On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Bjorn Wesen wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Hen, Shmulik wrote: > > Is there a good source of information that describes the changes in network > > driver interface between 2.2.x and 2.4.x kernels ? > > Try a diff -u of skeleton.c in the both kernels. If the skeleton driver is > correct that is :)
Ug. The skeleton driver was indeed updated, but I have considered renaming it "isa-skeleton.c" or "old-skeleton.c" and writing another, because some of the skeleton.c code doesn't follow correct and current kernel coding practices and APIs...
> It didn't look very complicated from 2.0 -> 2.4 at least so 2.2 -> 2.4 > should not be difficult at all.
Also search lkml for messages from jamal and Dave Miller about "softnet"... Both of them posted documents which describe the technical details of the changes.
Jeff
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