The userptr_t is now the fundamental type that gets used for conversions.
For example, virt_to_phys() is implemented in terms of virt_to_user() and
user_to_phys().
__from_data16 and __from_text16 now take a pointer to a
.data16/.text16 variable, and return the real-mode offset within the
appropriate segment. This matches the use case for every occurrence
of these macros, and prevents potential future bugs such as that fixed
in commit d51d80f. (The bug arose essentially because "&pointer" is
still syntactically valid.)
We never set up specific multicast filters; native drivers will ask
the card to receive all multicast packets. The only way to achieve
this via the UNDI API is to enable promiscuous mode.
Add ability for network devices to flag link up/down state to the
networking core.
Autobooting code will now wait for link-up before attempting DHCP.
IPoIB reflects the Infiniband link state as the network device link state
(which is not strictly correct; we also need a succesful IPoIB IPv4
broadcast group join), but is probably more informative.
the UNDI stack.
Ignore obviously invalid length combinations (as returned by
e.g. VMWare's PXE stack).
Limit to one packet per poll to avoid memory exhaustion.
safe dropping of the netdev ref by the driver while other refs still
exist.
Add netdev_irq() method. Net device open()/close() methods should no
longer enable or disable IRQs.
Remove rx_quota; it wasn't used anywhere and added too much complexity
to implementing correct interrupt-masking behaviour in pxe_undi.c.
clue what the "previous" interrupt handler will do, which could range
from "just an iret" to "disable the interrupt"), and that means that
we have to take responsibility for ACKing all interrupts. Joy.
names.
Add "dev" pointer in struct net_device to tie network interfaces back to a
hardware device.
Force natural alignment of data types in __table() macros. This seems to
prevent gcc from taking the unilateral decision to occasionally increase
their alignment (which screws up the table packing).
function prefix "undinet_" and the variable name "undinic" in undinet.c,
so that we can reserve the variable name "undi" for a struct undi_device.
The idea is that we preserve the Etherboot 5.4 convention that the "UNDI"
code refers to our using an underlying UNDI stack, while the "PXE" code
refers to our providing a PXE API.
