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xen-devel
[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC PATCH 34/35] Add the Xen virtual network	device dri
 
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[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC PATCH 34/35] Add the Xen virtual network	device driver. | 
 
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Tue, 9 May 2006 12:58:26 +0100 | 
 
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On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 12:00:34AM -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> The network device frontend driver allows the kernel to access network
> devices exported exported by a virtual machine containing a physical
> network device driver.
Please don't add procfs code to new network drivers.  Especially if it's 
oopsable
like the code in this driver by simple device renaming.
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