linux/drivers/net/wireless
Jarod Wilson a52ad514fd net: deprecate eth_change_mtu, remove usage
With centralized MTU checking, there's nothing productive done by
eth_change_mtu that isn't already done in dev_set_mtu, so mark it as
deprecated and remove all usage of it in the kernel. All callers have been
audited for calls to alloc_etherdev* or ether_setup directly, which means
they all have a valid dev->min_mtu and dev->max_mtu. Now eth_change_mtu
prints out a netdev_warn about being deprecated, for the benefit of
out-of-tree drivers that might be utilizing it.

Of note, dvb_net.c actually had dev->mtu = 4096, while using
eth_change_mtu, meaning that if you ever tried changing it's mtu, you
couldn't set it above 1500 anymore. It's now getting dev->max_mtu also set
to 4096 to remedy that.

v2: fix up lantiq_etop, missed breakage due to drive not compiling on x86

CC: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2016-10-13 09:36:57 -04:00
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admtek
ath Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2016-10-05 10:11:24 -07:00
atmel
broadcom Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2016-10-05 10:11:24 -07:00
cisco
intel Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2016-10-10 13:04:49 -07:00
intersil net: deprecate eth_change_mtu, remove usage 2016-10-13 09:36:57 -04:00
marvell net: deprecate eth_change_mtu, remove usage 2016-10-13 09:36:57 -04:00
mediatek
ralink
realtek rtlwifi: Add explicit values to hw_variables enum 2016-09-27 18:46:03 +03:00
rsi
st
ti wlcore: wl18xx: Use chip specific configuration firmware 2016-09-26 18:13:45 +03:00
zydas net: deprecate eth_change_mtu, remove usage 2016-10-13 09:36:57 -04:00
Kconfig
Makefile
mac80211_hwsim.c net: deprecate eth_change_mtu, remove usage 2016-10-13 09:36:57 -04:00
mac80211_hwsim.h
ray_cs.c net: deprecate eth_change_mtu, remove usage 2016-10-13 09:36:57 -04:00
ray_cs.h
rayctl.h
rndis_wlan.c
wl3501.h
wl3501_cs.c net: deprecate eth_change_mtu, remove usage 2016-10-13 09:36:57 -04:00