Re: [PATCH 5/7] more CardServices() removals (drivers/net/wireless)

[George Anzinger]

Matt Mackall wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 25, 2003 at 01:45:58AM -0800, George Anzinger wrote:
>
> > By the way, in my looking at the network link stuff, I started wondering if 
> > it could not be done without modifying the card stuff.  Here is what I see:
> >
> > The poll routine just calls the interrupt handler.  We only need the 
> > address of that routine and a generic poll function to do the indirect 
> > call.  That address, once the link is up, can be found in the interrupt 
> > tables using the irq.
>
>
> Netpoll did exactly this in an earlier incarnation, but Jeff
> eventually convinced me it was problematic.
I suppose :(  But it would make driver modification go away.

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