From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:58:41 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-pb0-f53.google.com ([209.85.160.53]:64458 "EHLO mail-pb0-f53.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by eddie.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S6825866Ab3CEG6ii2tSU (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Mar 2013 07:58:38 +0100 Received: by mail-pb0-f53.google.com with SMTP id un1so3982172pbc.40 for ; Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:58:31 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=google; h=x-received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent; bh=tx7Hz+2CXaL0iH79EKHYWfDbFKgUuqCaq8ZZZ9k5tr0=; b=Sjm4Jj6MNuhwc5azxoi3DN+3FIcqFyrFBqIjWzsE51KKAL/iHGNL/fiWGXAxTN2bkc mxcau2utZTbMFFuA4XSXOCRdgTwV7/p6dA9+grAkB/jP66mMwP9WQyg1p1nkeHsBIUhL dK0fGDMZ824c8q5OfYDUw4dK5xOZm6816pcuY= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent:x-gm-message-state; bh=tx7Hz+2CXaL0iH79EKHYWfDbFKgUuqCaq8ZZZ9k5tr0=; b=nq93GZr6m2bITFB/GyyiJN0+l+aaxfkSh0wVo9BbMbuUyWHnZMglhGP/P3GXPvQqOl SYl3ckJCfDF2M8i5ergfa4Fxzfz9G3d1+fwNaNTNWLfnhkAUBT8/8mHhTqMut3o5ffBQ ANHmv8GjPLfBXrTL2k6/JIBTK7nAK37dBbitQAv6WYzxh4scpur4U9YZxROpiNUCpa7x 0nVpR/gqPzyip+4mrpL8/uii3b1CtOAEMH+su6e5do2N6RCwRhxglbfyC2bLnfAe5Phb 9NxMXft3kmrOoBsbKmhOgKvt2T9aynV2gbgRzfYW9nQl3x7mf4rS3daV880jPCkyjedI M9uQ== X-Received: by 10.68.48.165 with SMTP id m5mr34603276pbn.40.1362466711273; Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:58:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([118.143.64.134]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ub1sm25395627pbc.5.2013.03.04.22.58.27 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:58:29 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 14:58:51 +0800 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: ganesanr@broadcom.com Cc: Ralf Baechle , linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: Netlogic XLR/XLS GMAC driver Message-ID: <20130305065851.GA30028@kroah.com> References: <1362464958-8722-1-git-send-email-ganesanr@broadcom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1362464958-8722-1-git-send-email-ganesanr@broadcom.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQl2VQrq6pC7Y7jhQtmVmzyPmhFJc6fz9DGJxOXnlG1wflA3D5ZOgneHWqfrZDHPi1IJFtgz X-archive-position: 35851 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: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: linux-mips X-List-ID: linux-mips List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: linux-mips Return-Path: On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 11:59:18AM +0530, ganesanr@broadcom.com wrote: > This patch has to be merged via staging tree. > > This driver has been submitted to netdev tree and reviewed, the comments > are list in TODO list, will be addressed in next cycle of submission, till > that time I wanted this driver to be in staging tree. > > This driver shall be sent to netdev@vger.kernel.org and David Miller > for further review. When is that going to happen? > --- /dev/null > +++ b/drivers/staging/netlogic/Kconfig > @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ > +config NETLOGIC_XLR_NET > + tristate "Netlogic XLR/XLS network device" > + depends on CPU_XLR Why will this not build on any other platform? It should, right? > --- /dev/null > +++ b/drivers/staging/netlogic/TODO > @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ > +* Implementing 64bit stat counter in software > +* All memory allocation should be changed to DMA allocations > +* All the netdev should be linked to single pdev as parent > +* Changing comments in to linux standred format > + I need a name and email address for who is responsible for this driver and will be handling patches for it. Please fix this up and resubmit. thanks, greg k-h