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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/driver.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/driver.txt b/Documentation/networking/driver.txt index 83ce06080ceb..2128e4169c5b 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/driver.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/driver.txt @@ -58,13 +58,10 @@ Transmit path guidelines: TX_BUFFS_AVAIL(dp) > 0) netif_wake_queue(dp->dev); -2) Do not forget to update netdev->trans_start to jiffies after - each new tx packet is given to the hardware. - -3) An ndo_start_xmit method must not modify the shared parts of a +2) An ndo_start_xmit method must not modify the shared parts of a cloned SKB. -4) Do not forget that once you return 0 from your ndo_start_xmit +3) Do not forget that once you return 0 from your ndo_start_xmit method, it is your driver's responsibility to free up the SKB and in some finite amount of time. |