Re: [PATCH] net: mv643xx_eth: remove deprecated inet_lro support

From: Eric Dumazet
Date: Thu Apr 11 2013 - 15:47:04 EST


On Thu, 2013-04-11 at 21:11 +0200, Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote:
> With recent support for GRO, there is no need to keep both LRO and
> GRO. This patch therefore removes the deprecated inet_lro support
> from mv643xx_eth. This is work is based on an experimental patch
> provided by Eric Dumazet and Willy Tarreau.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@xxxxxxxxx>
> Based-on-patch-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
> Based-on-patch-by: Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx>
> ---
> Note: This patch is based upon recent cleanup patches and GRO support
> patch for mv643xx_eth.
>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jason Cooper <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Florian Fainelli <florian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dale Farnsworth <dale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Soeren Moch <smoch@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx>
> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c | 97 +---------------------------
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 94 deletions(-)

Seems fine to me, but you also could remove "select INET_LRO"
from drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/Kconfig


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