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authorBen Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>2012-04-05 10:40:06 -0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2012-04-06 02:43:13 -0400
commitde7aca16fd6c32719b6a7d4480b8f4685f69f7ff (patch)
treee0e0607284f69688c6f5584e79e2b5a4653add00 /Documentation/networking
parentb3cf65457fc0c8d183bdb9bc4358e5706aa63cc5 (diff)
doc, net: Remove instruction to set net_device::trans_start
Commit 08baf561083bc27a953aa087dd8a664bb2b88e8e ('net: txq_trans_update() helper') made it unnecessary for most drivers to set net_device::trans_start (or netdev_queue::trans_start). Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/driver.txt7
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/driver.txt b/Documentation/networking/driver.txt
index 83ce06080ceb..2128e4169c5b 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/driver.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/driver.txt
@@ -58,13 +58,10 @@ Transmit path guidelines:
58 TX_BUFFS_AVAIL(dp) > 0) 58 TX_BUFFS_AVAIL(dp) > 0)
59 netif_wake_queue(dp->dev); 59 netif_wake_queue(dp->dev);
60 60
612) Do not forget to update netdev->trans_start to jiffies after 612) An ndo_start_xmit method must not modify the shared parts of a
62 each new tx packet is given to the hardware.
63
643) An ndo_start_xmit method must not modify the shared parts of a
65 cloned SKB. 62 cloned SKB.
66 63
674) Do not forget that once you return 0 from your ndo_start_xmit 643) Do not forget that once you return 0 from your ndo_start_xmit
68 method, it is your driver's responsibility to free up the SKB 65 method, it is your driver's responsibility to free up the SKB
69 and in some finite amount of time. 66 and in some finite amount of time.
70 67