On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 05:26:34PM -0700, Jon Mason wrote: > A virtual ethernet device that uses the NTB transport API to send/receive data. > > Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <jon.mason@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/net/Kconfig | 4 + > drivers/net/Makefile | 1 + > drivers/net/ntb_netdev.c | 417 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 3 files changed, 422 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 drivers/net/ntb_netdev.c > > diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig > index 0c2bd80..9bf8a71 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig > @@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ config NETPOLL_TRAP > config NET_POLL_CONTROLLER > def_bool NETPOLL > > +config NTB_NETDEV > + tristate "Virtual Ethernet over NTB" > + depends on NTB How will this module be auto-loaded by a distro? You need some way to detect this device on the "bus" right? What is that method? And why isn't it hooked up to the "traditional" method the kernel uses to determine this? Don't expect distros to just always load this module, that's not going to work, sorry. greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
