Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] drivers/net Documentation/networking: Create directory intel_wired_lan

Joe Perches
2010-10-13T22:28:26Z

On Mon, 2010-10-11 at 17:00 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-10-11 at 16:52 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 13:42, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> > > Perhaps it's better to move drivers from the very populated
> > > drivers/net directory into vendor specific directories similar
> > > to the Atheros approach used for drivers/net/wireless/ath/
> > NAK
> > First, I think we need to keep the documentation in /Documentation/networking.
> > Second, the changes are extensive and would create a lot of regression testing.
> I don't see any actual changes here other than layout.
> What kind of regression testing do you think necessary?

Jeff?

What regression testing would actually be done?

Any new objects are trivially validated against existing
objects.

> > We have been looking at solutions like this for future
> > drivers/hardware and is on the list of items we are currently working
> > on, but feel it should not be made retroactively due to the regression
> > testing and massive changes that would need to be made.
>
> Might as well start somewhere.