From: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 11:20:56 -0700
> Minor loopback enhancements for 2.6.19 > > The loopback device status structure is a singleton and doesn't > need to be allocated. Add ethtool_ops hooks to show checksum always on, > and make ethtool_ops const. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The ethtool bits are OK, but putting the loopback stats into the image adds nearly 200 bytes of .data section space on 64-bit. I don't really think it's that big of a deal to avoid the kmalloc() call. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
