From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kevin Hilman Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] split out emac cpdma and mdio for reuse Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:39:05 -0700 Message-ID: <87r5hl2p86.fsf@deeprootsystems.com> References: <1280842313-3743-1-git-send-email-cyril@ti.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1280842313-3743-1-git-send-email-cyril@ti.com> (Cyril Chemparathy's message of "Tue, 3 Aug 2010 09:31:45 -0400") Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Cyril Chemparathy Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davinci-linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, srk@ti.com List-Id: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org Cyril Chemparathy writes: > Davinci's EMAC device has an in-built MDIO controller and a CPDMA engine. > These hardware modules are not restricted to EMAC device alone. For example, > CPSW3G (3-port gigabit ethernet switch) hardware uses these very same modules > internally. This patch series separates out EMAC's MDIO and CPDMA > functionality, allowing these individual pieces to be reused across TI > hardware. Hi Cyril, Another minor request for v2. The subject for the drivers/net/* patches should be something like 'net: davinci_emac: ..." instead of netdev. Thanks, Kevin