openwrt-xburst/package/system/ep80579-drivers/patches/102-iegbe_nuke_polling_netdev.patch

--- a/Embedded/src/GbE/iegbe.h
+++ b/Embedded/src/GbE/iegbe.h
@@ -316,7 +316,6 @@ struct iegbe_adapter {
 				int cleaned_count);
 	struct iegbe_rx_ring *rx_ring;      /* One per active queue */
 	struct napi_struct napi;
-	struct net_device *polling_netdev;  /* One per active queue */
 
 	int num_tx_queues;
 	int num_rx_queues;
--- a/Embedded/src/GbE/iegbe_main.c
+++ b/Embedded/src/GbE/iegbe_main.c
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ static int __devinit iegbe_probe(struct
 	struct iegbe_hw *hw;
 
 	static int cards_found = 0;
-    int i, err, pci_using_dac;
+	int err, pci_using_dac;
 	u16 eeprom_data = 0;
 	u16 eeprom_apme_mask = E1000_EEPROM_APME;
 	int bars; 
@@ -984,11 +984,8 @@ err_eeprom:
 		iegbe_phy_hw_reset(hw);
 	if (hw->flash_address)
 		iounmap(hw->flash_address);
-	for (i = 0; i < adapter->num_rx_queues; i++)
-		dev_put(&adapter->polling_netdev[i]);
 	kfree(adapter->tx_ring);
 	kfree(adapter->rx_ring);
-	kfree(adapter->polling_netdev);
 err_sw_init:
 	iounmap(hw->hw_addr);
 err_ioremap:
@@ -1017,7 +1014,6 @@ iegbe_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
     struct net_device *netdev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
     struct iegbe_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
     uint32_t manc;
-    int i;
 
     if(adapter->hw.mac_type >= iegbe_82540
        && adapter->hw.mac_type != iegbe_icp_xxxx
@@ -1030,15 +1026,11 @@ iegbe_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
     }
 
     unregister_netdev(netdev);
-    for (i = 0x0; i < adapter->num_rx_queues; i++)
-		dev_put(&adapter->polling_netdev[i]);
-
     if(!iegbe_check_phy_reset_block(&adapter->hw)) {
         iegbe_phy_hw_reset(&adapter->hw);
     }
     kfree(adapter->tx_ring);
     kfree(adapter->rx_ring);
-    kfree(adapter->polling_netdev);
 
     iounmap(adapter->hw.hw_addr);
     pci_release_regions(pdev);
@@ -1061,7 +1053,6 @@ iegbe_sw_init(struct iegbe_adapter *adap
     struct iegbe_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
     struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
     struct pci_dev *pdev = adapter->pdev;
-    int i;
 
     /* PCI config space info */
 
@@ -1111,11 +1102,6 @@ iegbe_sw_init(struct iegbe_adapter *adap
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < adapter->num_rx_queues; i++) {
-		adapter->polling_netdev[i].priv = adapter;
-		dev_hold(&adapter->polling_netdev[i]);
-		set_bit(__LINK_STATE_START, &adapter->polling_netdev[i].state);
-	}
 	spin_lock_init(&adapter->tx_queue_lock);
 
         /*
@@ -1137,8 +1123,7 @@ iegbe_sw_init(struct iegbe_adapter *adap
  * @adapter: board private structure to initialize
  *
  * We allocate one ring per queue at run-time since we don't know the
- * number of queues at compile-time.  The polling_netdev array is
- * intended for Multiqueue, but should work fine with a single queue.
+ * number of queues at compile-time.
  **/
 
 static int __devinit
@@ -1158,15 +1143,6 @@ iegbe_alloc_queues(struct iegbe_adapter
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	adapter->polling_netdev = kcalloc(adapter->num_rx_queues,
-	                                  sizeof(struct net_device),
-	                                  GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!adapter->polling_netdev) {
-		kfree(adapter->tx_ring);
-		kfree(adapter->rx_ring);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
     return E1000_SUCCESS;
 }