From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from xyzzy.farnsworth.org (unknown [65.200.49.142]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 96CA6679E6 for ; Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:00:41 +1000 (EST) From: "Dale Farnsworth" Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 07:00:30 -0700 To: Andrey Volkov Message-ID: <20050617140022.GA15877@xyzzy.farnsworth.org> References: <42B1A214.404@varma-el.com> <528646bc05061610352d56cd49@mail.gmail.com> <42B1CB13.3060107@varma-el.com> <20050617033711.GA1362@xyzzy.farnsworth.org> <42B2A5C7.1040909@varma-el.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <42B2A5C7.1040909@varma-el.com> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: MPC5200/Lite5200 and ethernet List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 02:28:23PM +0400, Andrey Volkov wrote: > > I sent patches to Sylvain in August 2004 with 5200 FEC support, > > including my rewrite of the bestcomm FEC code. I've bugged him > > about it a few times, and I don't know why he hasn't made it available. > > I haven't done much with the 5200 since then. I'm traveling now and > > have some other pressing issues, but I'll try to post what > > I have in the next couple of weeks. > > > > -Dale > > Dale, don't worry, Sylvain public your patches in himself src tree > (http://www.246tnt.com/mpc52xx/) at August/September,2004. > But, after that, OCP infra was dropped in kernel, and, hence, this > driver was not sent to Andrew Morton (Bestcomm stuff, until now, OCP > depended). And no one find time to convert Bestcomm to platform bus > model :(. > > I planned start this job at July/August, so if someone wish to do it NOW > (June) - welcome. Thank you Andrey, and my apologies to Sylvain. I didn't realize that they were available. I'll take a look at converting to the platform bus model, but it will be at least a week before I start. -Dale