David Miller said the following on 2008-8-1 18:08:

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> From: Wang Chen

> Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:50:15 +0800

>

>> That make me think, what the use of netdev->priv?

>> We have netdev_priv() and use it flexibly. Why don't kill netdev->priv?

>

> Way too many old drivers still reference netdev->priv directly.

>

> Once we convert all of them to netdev_priv(), yes we can kill

> netdev->priv

> 

Thanks for the explanation.
Then next question comes.

We *have to* convert the drivers to use netdev_priv(), right?

Because, netdev->priv == netdev_priv() maybe change again in future,

just as before.
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