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authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>2007-10-09 01:40:57 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2007-10-10 16:52:52 -0700
commit3b04ddde02cf1b6f14f2697da5c20eca5715017f (patch)
tree9da1341a5a399a507b5ea6bf5a3047506b8d8f8f /net/core/dev.c
parentb95cce3576813ac3f86bafa6b5daaaaf7574b0fe (diff)
[NET]: Move hardware header operations out of netdevice.
Since hardware header operations are part of the protocol class not the device instance, make them into a separate object and save memory. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/dev.c')
-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c16
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 3923d513305..d9986466258 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -967,14 +967,6 @@ void dev_load(struct net *net, const char *name)
request_module("%s", name);
}
-static int default_rebuild_header(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
- printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: default_rebuild_header called -- BUG!\n",
- skb->dev ? skb->dev->name : "NULL!!!");
- kfree_skb(skb);
- return 1;
-}
-
/**
* dev_open - prepare an interface for use.
* @dev: device to open
@@ -3561,14 +3553,6 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
}
}
- /*
- * nil rebuild_header routine,
- * that should be never called and used as just bug trap.
- */
-
- if (!dev->rebuild_header)
- dev->rebuild_header = default_rebuild_header;
-
ret = netdev_register_kobject(dev);
if (ret)
goto err_uninit;