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| author | Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> | 2006-11-13 16:02:22 -0800 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net> | 2006-12-02 21:22:23 -0800 |
| commit | 90833aa4f496d69ca374af6acef7d1614c8693ff (patch) | |
| tree | dbac818cc40ab12d493c45778febf6b7a768f757 /Documentation | |
| parent | d7f7365f5776723da6df73540d855069c2daaa5c (diff) | |
[NET]: The scheduled removal of the frame diverter.
This patch contains the scheduled removal of the frame diverter.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 15 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index d52c4aaaf17..b3949cd3d01 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -227,21 +227,6 @@ Who: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> --------------------------- -What: frame diverter -When: November 2006 -Why: The frame diverter is included in most distribution kernels, but is - broken. It does not correctly handle many things: - - IPV6 - - non-linear skb's - - network device RCU on removal - - input frames not correctly checked for protocol errors - It also adds allocation overhead even if not enabled. - It is not clear if anyone is still using it. -Who: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> - ---------------------------- - - What: PHYSDEVPATH, PHYSDEVBUS, PHYSDEVDRIVER in the uevent environment When: October 2008 Why: The stacking of class devices makes these values misleading and |