From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:06:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mx1.rmicorp.com ([63.111.213.197]:51468 "EHLO mx1.rmicorp.com") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S21366793AbZCGTGW (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Mar 2009 19:06:22 +0000 Received: from 10.8.0.23 ([10.8.0.23]) by hq-ex-mb01.razamicroelectronics.com ([10.1.1.40]) via Exchange Front-End Server webmail.razamicroelectronics.com ([10.1.1.41]) with Microsoft Exchange Server HTTP-DAV ; Sat, 7 Mar 2009 19:06:15 +0000 Received: from kh-d820 by webmail.razamicroelectronics.com; 07 Mar 2009 13:06:15 -0600 Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/10] Alchemy: SMSC 9210 Ethernet support From: Kevin Hickey To: Manuel Lauss Cc: ralf@linux-mips.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org In-Reply-To: <20090307103529.23c36da0@scarran.roarinelk.net> References: <1236356409-32357-1-git-send-email-khickey@rmicorp.com> <788248524efc28ba2608ed79bfb7080ee476b12d.1236354153.git.khickey@rmicorp.com> <0b447f7e26be90a9179bdf89ca2cfd1f34c5d16e.1236354153.git.khickey@rmicorp.com> <7afc5c84989c4bc0f94181397369f284f2bb6924.1236354153.git.khickey@rmicorp.com> <0946334bbaf9883076889fe060a362b72d31e6f4.1236354153.git.khickey@rmicorp.com> <394c116b9fa5bd1865ac21d11185f09e07bd2ab5.1236354153.git.khickey@rmicorp.com> <7e632686ab9b29a94eefeb2e5dca8b091a956b95.1236354153.git.khickey@rmicorp.com> <20090307103529.23c36da0@scarran.roarinelk.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:06:05 -0600 Message-Id: <1236452765.9848.3.camel@kh-d820> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 22034 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: khickey@rmicorp.com Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Sat, 2009-03-07 at 10:35 +0100, Manuel Lauss wrote: > On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 10:20:06 -0600 > Kevin Hickey wrote: > > > This patch adds support for the SMSC 9210 Ethernet chip, specialized for > > Alchemy platforms (including the DB1300). The ethernet driver code was > > provided by SMSC; the platform shim by RMI. > What's wrong with the in-kernel smsc911x.c driver? It can handle the > 9210 just fine (we use it on an ARM board). I was unaware that smsc911x.c could handle 9210. I'll try it out sometime and if it works then we can drop this one. =Kevin -- Kevin Hickey Alchemy Solutions RMI Corporation khickey@rmicorp.com P: 512.691.8044