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From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org, ralf@linux-mips.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tc35815 driver update (take 2)
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:20:04 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45ED4E64.5030404@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070303.235459.25478204.anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>

Atsushi Nemoto wrote:
> Current tc35815 driver is very obsolete and less maintained for a long
> time.  Replace it with a new driver based on one from CELF patch
> archive.
> 
> Major advantages of CELF version (version 1.23, for kernel 2.6.10) are:
> 
> * Independent of JMR3927.
>   (Actually independent of MIPS, but AFAIK the chip is used only on
>    MIPS platforms)
> * TX4938 support.
> * 64-bit proof.
> * Asynchronous and on-demand auto negotiation.
> * High performance on non-coherent architecture.
> * ethtool support.
> * Many bugfixes and cleanups.
> 
> And improvoments since version 1.23 are:
> 
> * TX4939 support.
> * NETPOLL support.
> * NAPI support. (disabled by default)
> * Reduce memcpy on receiving.
> * PM support.
> * Many cleanups and bugfixes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
> 
>  drivers/net/Kconfig     |    3 
>  drivers/net/tc35815.c   | 2587 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>  include/linux/pci_ids.h |    2 
>  3 files changed, 1917 insertions(+), 675 deletions(-)

applied to #upstream, let's give it a good review while it hangs out in 
libata-dev.git#ALL and -mm

  reply	other threads:[~2007-03-06 11:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-03-03 14:54 [PATCH] tc35815 driver update (take 2) Atsushi Nemoto
2007-03-06 11:20 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2007-03-06 14:13   ` Atsushi Nemoto
2007-03-13 16:02 ` [PATCH] tc35815: Fix an usage of streaming DMA API Atsushi Nemoto
2007-03-13 19:04   ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-03-14  1:05     ` Atsushi Nemoto
2007-03-14  9:59       ` Jeff Garzik
2007-03-14 15:11         ` Atsushi Nemoto
2007-03-15 15:03   ` Jeff Garzik

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