> > Can one include one's own arch/mips/korva/skbuff.c? > > But with network.o being a monolithic blob .o instead of a .a, I figured someone might have some magic for hacking arch/mips/Makefile ifdef CONFIG_NEC_KORVA (or any BSP/LSP). I guess I'll have to make the effort. :-) > > Or will linux-mips.sf.net accept a patch for net/core/skbuff.c? > Up the the maintainer, but it's really not the right fix so I think it's > best for you or your customer to keep that patch locally. I talked Jun into checking in the Markham patches... but will have to add a comment to the pci_xxx files that one has to get a separate patch for net/core/skbuff.c if using PCI with a generic driver. > Another approach would be for you to preallocate your network buffers in > your driver, attach them permanently to the rx/tx descriptors, and then The idea was not to mess with any PCI drivers. 2.5 is not an option for me. Thanks, Pete. Geoff -- Geoffrey Espin espin@idiom.com
