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Commit de7aca16 authored by Ben Hutchings's avatar Ben Hutchings Committed by David S. Miller
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doc, net: Remove instruction to set net_device::trans_start 



Commit 08baf561 ('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: default avatarBen Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent b3cf6545

Documentation/networking/driver.txt

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@@ -58,13 +58,10 @@ Transmit path guidelines: 
            TX_BUFFS_AVAIL(dp) > 0)

		netif_wake_queue(dp->dev);



2) Do not forget to update netdev->trans_start to jiffies after

   each new tx packet is given to the hardware.



3) An ndo_start_xmit method must not modify the shared parts of a

2) An ndo_start_xmit method must not modify the shared parts of a

   cloned SKB.



4) Do not forget that once you return 0 from your ndo_start_xmit

3) Do not forget that once you return 0 from your ndo_start_xmit

   method, it is your driver's responsibility to free up the SKB

   and in some finite amount of time.