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

[Matt Mackall]

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.

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Matt Mackall : http://www.selenic.com : Linux development and consulting
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