Re: [PATCH 1/3] [net/core] move dev_mc_discard from dev_mcast.c to dev.c

David Miller wrote:
> From: Patrick McHardy <[email protected]>
> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:01:38 +0200
> 
> 
>>rae l wrote:
>>
>>>All in one word, I don't think the single file dev_mcast.c is needed
>>>anymore.
>>
>>Agreed. But dev.c is growing larger and larger, maybe dev_addr.c?
>>Or dev_config.c, with some of the other device configuration functions?
> 
> 
> I don't know, a sizable dev.c is inevitable, allows better refactoring
> and consolidation.  And the be honest you're going to have to likely
> touch things in dev.c whenever you make changes to dev_addr.c or
> whatever you want to name it. :-)


You're probably right. Killing dev_mcast.c makes sense to me though.
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