RE: [PATCH 2/7] net: add FCoE offload support through net_device

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>On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:49:49 -0700
>Yi Zou <yi.zou@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> This adds a "struct net_fcoe_ops *fcoe_ops" to net_device struct so
>any
>> network adapter driver can provide Fiber Channle over Ethernet (FCoE)
>offload
>> support through net_device. The fcoe_ops is only available when FCoE
>is
>> enabled in kernel as built-in or module driver.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yi Zou <yi.zou@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>Rather than adding another _ops structure please add to existing
>netdevice_ops. You don't need the flags that way. If netdevice_ops
>has fcoe_setup, then device can do it...
The comments in struct net_device_ops says for management hooks, if
that's an ok place for net_fcoe_ops, then, I am all for it.

Thanks.

yi
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