From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marc MERLIN Subject: Re: Getting the correct asix AX88178 usb gige driver in mainline? Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 14:08:57 -0700 Message-ID: <20110706210857.GH22090@merlins.org> References: <20110629033025.GA32153@merlins.org> <201107062209.05794.arnd@arndb.de> <20110706201751.GG22090@merlins.org> <201107062235.01437.arnd@arndb.de> <20110629033025.GA32153@merlins.org> <20110706172538.GI18238@merlins.org> <201107062209.05794.arnd@arndb.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, greg@kroah.com To: Arnd Bergmann Return-path: Received: from magic.merlins.org ([209.81.13.136]:54751 "EHLO mail1.merlins.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756295Ab1GFVJD (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jul 2011 17:09:03 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201107062235.01437.arnd@arndb.de> <201107062209.05794.arnd@arndb.de> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 10:09:05PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > Here are the details. If somehow their driver could be integrated in > > mainline by putting the relevant bits in the current driver, that would be > > fantastic :) > > (obviously it would have been better if they had done that themselves to > > start with, no idea why they didn't). > > > > Hi Marc, > > I've taken a look at the driver you linked to and compared it to the > version that was closest at the time. > > This is similar to the patch they must have had at some point. I would guess > that the answer is somewhere in there. It's quite different to the much > cleaner patch 933a27d39e "USB: asix - Add AX88178 support and many other > changes", which was merged later with a similar intention. (...) > The patch I mentioned was merged back in 2006, for 2.6.19. Either that > patch was never complete and is missing support for your hardware, or > it broke since then. You should probably try an old kernel to see if it's > actually a regression. Thanks for the details Arnd, I'll see if I can boot 2.6.19 on that laptop and report back. Marc -- "A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in" - A.S.R. Microsoft is to operating systems .... .... what McDonalds is to gourmet cooking Home page: http://marc.merlins.org/