Jiri Slaby <[email protected]> writes:
> On 12/02/2007 12:13 AM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> Mark Lord <[email protected]> writes:
>>> Fine. But all of them want to call sk_alloc(),
>>
>> network drivers should be calling sk_alloc less then they should
>> call dev_get_by_XXXX. Only protocols call sk_alloc.
>>
>>> and many want to do register_netdev().
>>
>> I haven't even touched register_netdev.
>>
>>> So what should they be using there ?
>>
>> What are you having problems with?
>>
>> It is hard to answer specific questions without a context.
>
> VMware vmnet.
With a quick glance in that direction it appears to the result
of a design bug in vmnet that they call sk_alloc at all, and someone
seems to have found a work around in vmnet for this situation.
My gut feel is that vmware should just use tun or tap (whichever
is the appropriate one), and be done with it.
Eric
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