Re: few questions on 'struct net_device'

["Roman Mashak" <mrv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello, Rajat!
You wrote to "Roman Mashak" <mrv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on Thu, 1 Feb 2007 12:07:19 
+0530:

??>> As for 'base_addr', it's used in rtl8139 driver, for instance, at
??>> device probing routine It's only assigned to the value gotten from
??>> 'ioremap' function and never being used (at least I didn't find in
??>> sources). May be it's for compatibility reasons?

RJ> Thats why I said that its not used now a days. These fields are
RJ> probably a carry forward from early days of Linux networking.

Alright, then I suppose I have now a right understanding of net_device and 
friends thanks to your valuable comments.

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Best regards, Roman Mashak 



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