From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Oliver Neukum Subject: Re: [PATCH] usbnet: Transfer of maintainership Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 09:36:09 +0200 Message-ID: <201105040936.09156.oneukum@suse.de> References: <201104291419.04498.oneukum@suse.de> <20110504054511.GA3362@riccoc20.at.omicron.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, USB list To: Richard Cochran Return-path: Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:35332 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751212Ab1EDHed convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 May 2011 03:34:33 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20110504054511.GA3362@riccoc20.at.omicron.at> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Am Mittwoch, 4. Mai 2011, 07:45:11 schrieb Richard Cochran: > On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 02:19:04PM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote: >=20 > > USB "USBNET" DRIVER FRAMEWORK > > -M: David Brownell > > +M: Oliver Neukum >=20 > Oliver, >=20 > We have been looking at usbnet and a have question. >=20 > Usbnet doesn't use either phylib or napi, but I think the reason is > probably purely historical. Is there a technical reason why phylib or > napi won't work with usbnet devices? Hi, phylib is for historical reasons, although many devices won't give you much access to the phy. NAPI however is technically not very meaningful for USB devices as you cannot poll them. So the central concept behind NAPI doesn't apply. Regards Oliver --=20 - - -=20 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imend=F6= rffer, HRB 16746 (AG N=FCrnberg)=20 Maxfeldstra=DFe 5 =20 90409 N=FCrnberg=20 Germany=20 - - -=20