Re: [RFC PATCH 34/35] Add the Xen virtual network device driver.

[Chris Wright]

* Christoph Hellwig (hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 12:00:34AM -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> > The network device frontend driver allows the kernel to access network
> > devices exported exported by a virtual machine containing a physical
> > network device driver.
> 
> Please don't add procfs code to new network drivers.  Especially if it's oopsable
> like the code in this driver by simple device renaming.

Agreed, no reason to keep the cruft around.  I thought I had a comment
of the sort in there.

thanks,
-chris
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