From 90833aa4f496d69ca374af6acef7d1614c8693ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrian Bunk Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:02:22 -0800 Subject: [NET]: The scheduled removal of the frame diverter. This patch contains the scheduled removal of the frame diverter. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 15 --------------- 1 file changed, 15 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index d52c4aaaf17..b3949cd3d01 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -227,21 +227,6 @@ Who: Patrick McHardy --------------------------- -What: frame diverter -When: November 2006 -Why: The frame diverter is included in most distribution kernels, but is - broken. It does not correctly handle many things: - - IPV6 - - non-linear skb's - - network device RCU on removal - - input frames not correctly checked for protocol errors - It also adds allocation overhead even if not enabled. - It is not clear if anyone is still using it. -Who: Stephen Hemminger - ---------------------------- - - What: PHYSDEVPATH, PHYSDEVBUS, PHYSDEVDRIVER in the uevent environment When: October 2008 Why: The stacking of class devices makes these values misleading and -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2