[PATCH 1/1] staging: hv: Fix missing functions for net_device_ops (resubmit)

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 05:46:01PM +0000, Haiyang Zhang wrote:
> From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz at microsoft.com>
> 
> Subject: staging: hv: Fix missing functions for net_device_ops
>   Unlike in older kernels, ether_setup() no longer sets default

Why put the subject in the body of the email?  This forces me to edit it
again :(

> functions. We need to put them into net_device_ops. For example,
> eth_change_mtu prevents setting MTU beyond 1500. This is necessary
> because we don't support jumbo frame at this time.

What does this mean?  Is it a bug?  Just not going as fast as possible?
Something else?

>   It affects kernel 2.6.32 and later, which are all versions
> containing Hyper-V drivers.

So is this fixing a bug that needs to be backported to these older
kernels (i.e. the staging tree?)  Is this something that is causing
people problems?

Third time's a charm?

thanks,

greg k-h