From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) id f8MBeKt15602 for linux-mips-outgoing; Sat, 22 Sep 2001 04:40:20 -0700 Received: from dea.linux-mips.net (u-1-18.karlsruhe.ipdial.viaginterkom.de [62.180.18.1]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) with SMTP id f8MBeCe15596 for ; Sat, 22 Sep 2001 04:40:13 -0700 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by dea.linux-mips.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f8MBCJo30237; Sat, 22 Sep 2001 13:12:19 +0200 Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 13:12:19 +0200 From: Ralf Baechle To: Eyal Lebedinsky Cc: "list, linux-kernel" , linux-mips@oss.sgi.com, linux-mips@fnet.fr Subject: Re: Why the net driver for saa9730 is not a module? Message-ID: <20010922131219.A27982@dea.linux-mips.net> References: <3BA91980.C829078B@eyal.emu.id.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3BA91980.C829078B@eyal.emu.id.au>; from eyal@eyal.emu.id.au on Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 08:17:36AM +1000 X-Accept-Language: de,en,fr Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 08:17:36AM +1000, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: > The config does not offer it. Any reason? > > I had no trouble building it, however I do not have the hware to check > that all is well. SAA9730 is such an extremly buggy piece of silicon that Phillips stopped supporting it. So this driver is used for the Atlas board only which also has been superseeded by the Malta board; and you shouldn't expect any future development on this driver. That said, the driver doesn't work as a module; a quick look at it shows that at least the module_exit() functionality isn't supported. Ralf