From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: jgarzik@pobox.com
Cc: bhutchings@solarflare.com, jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, gospo@redhat.com, sassmann@redhat.com,
nic_swsd@realtek.com, romieu@fr.zoreil.com, becker@scyld.com
Subject: Re: [net-next v2 28/71] 8139*/atp/r8169/sc92031: Move the Realtek drivers
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:48:40 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110801.204840.1467588276691539635.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E376D30.6050406@pobox.com>
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:21:20 -0400
> On 08/01/2011 08:24 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>> On Sat, 2011-07-30 at 20:26 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
>>> Move the Realtek drivers into drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/ and make
>>> the necessary Kconfig and Makefile changes.
>> [...]
>>
>> Does it really make sense to move the pci-skeleton driver? Although
>> it
>> includes hardware access specific to RTL8139 chips, that's not really
>> the point of it.
>
> Indeed. pci-skeleton was simply intended to illustrate a clean driver
> for a simple DMA-driven NIC.
>
> Honestly, it's so outdated now that deletion would be a better course.
Yeah, this is probably true.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-02 3:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 116+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-31 3:26 [RFC net-next v2 00/71] Organize/Move of the Ethernet drivers in drivers/net/ Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 01/71] drivers/net/ethernet: Add ethernet dir and config option Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 02/71] 3c*/acenic/typhoon: Move 3Com Ethernet drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-08-01 9:03 ` Alan Cox
2011-08-01 9:21 ` David Miller
2011-08-01 9:42 ` Alan Cox
2011-08-01 20:15 ` Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 03/71] amd: Move AMD (Lance) chipset drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 8:14 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2011-07-31 8:30 ` Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 04/71] 8390: Move the 8390 related drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 05/71] broadcom: Move the Broadcom drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 06/71] chelsio: Move the Chelsio drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 07/71] intel: Move the Intel wired LAN drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 08/71] qlogic: Move the QLogic drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 09/71] smsc: Move the SMC (SMSC) drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 7:17 ` Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 16:47 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-08-01 6:09 ` Amit Salecha
2011-08-01 6:16 ` Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 10/71] i825xx: Move the Intel 82586/82593/82596 based drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 11/71] ni5010: Move the Racal-Interlan (Micom) driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 16:57 ` Andreas Mohr
2011-07-31 19:20 ` Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 12/71] cassini/niu/sun*: Move the Sun drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 13/71] sfc: Move the Solarflare drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 14/71] be2net: Move the Emulex driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 15/71] bna: Move the Brocade driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 16/71] mlx4: Move the Mellanox driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-08-01 13:10 ` Roland Dreier
2011-08-01 16:15 ` Eli Cohen
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 17/71] myri*: Move the Myricom drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-08-01 17:09 ` Jon Mason
2011-08-03 6:02 ` Jeff Kirsher
2011-08-03 19:37 ` Jon Mason
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 18/71] s2io/vxge: Move the Exar drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 19/71] ehea/ibm*: Move the IBM drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 20/71] enic: Move the Cisco driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 21/71] pasemic_mac*: Move the PA Semi driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 22/71] tehuti: Move the Tehuti driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 23/71] stmmac: Move the STMicroelectronics driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 24/71] bmac/mace/macmace/mac89x0/cs89x0: Move the Macintosh (Apple) drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 25/71] *sonic/natsemi/ns83829: Move the National Semi-conductor drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 26/71] xscale: Move the Intel XScale IXP drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 8:38 ` Lennert Buytenhek
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 27/71] ftgmac100/ftmac100: Move the Faraday drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 28/71] 8139*/atp/r8169/sc92031: Move the Realtek drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-08-02 0:24 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-08-02 3:21 ` Jeff Garzik
2011-08-02 3:41 ` Jeff Kirsher
2011-08-02 3:48 ` David Miller [this message]
2011-08-02 3:58 ` Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 29/71] de6*/dl2k/sundance: Move the D-Link drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 30/71] atl*: Move the Atheros drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 31/71] ewrk3/tulip: Move the DEC - Tulip drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 32/71] ioc3-eth/meth: Move the SGI drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 33/71] seeq: Move the SEEQ drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 34/71] pch_gbe: Move the OKI Semiconductor driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 35/71] skge/sky2/mv643xx/pxa168: Move the Marvell Ethernet drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 22:11 ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-07-31 22:27 ` Joe Perches
2011-08-01 2:35 ` Jeff Kirsher
2011-08-01 2:43 ` Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 36/71] via-*: Move the VIA drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 37/71] eth16i: Move the Allied Telesis/Fujitsu drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 38/71] freescale: Move the Freescale drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 39/71] ks8*/ksz8*: Move the Micrel drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:26 ` [net-next v2 40/71] toshiba: Move the Toshiba drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 41/71] sis*: Move the Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 42/71] cirrus: Move the Cirrus network driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-08-01 20:23 ` H Hartley Sweeten
2011-08-03 5:29 ` Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 43/71] nuvoton: Move the Nuvoton driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 44/71] tsi108*: Move the Tundra driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 45/71] s6gmac: Move the s6gmac drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 46/71] davinci*/tlan/cpmac: Move the Texas Instruments (TI) drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 47/71] hamachi/yellowfin: Move the packet engine drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 48/71] octeon: Move the Cavium driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-08-02 22:48 ` David Daney
2011-08-03 4:59 ` Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 49/71] jme: Move the JME driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 50/71] xilinx/ll_temac: Move the Xilinx drivers Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 51/71] ipg: Move the IC Plus driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 52/71] korina: Move the IDT driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 53/71] mipsnet: Move the MIPS driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 54/71] lantiq: Move the Lantiq SoC driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-08-01 16:14 ` John Crispin
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 55/71] bfin_mac: Move the Analog Devices Inc driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-08-05 5:18 ` [uclinux-dist-devel] " Bob Liu
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 56/71] macb: Move the Atmel driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-08-01 14:41 ` Jamie Iles
2011-08-01 14:49 ` Nicolas Ferre
2011-08-03 5:59 ` Jeff Kirsher
2011-08-03 8:47 ` Jamie Iles
2011-08-03 8:50 ` Nicolas Ferre
2011-08-03 9:03 ` Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 57/71] r6040: Move the RDC driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 58/71] fealnx: Move the Myson driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 59/71] forcedeth: Move the NVIDIA nForce driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 60/71] starfire: Move the Adaptec driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 61/71] hp100: Move the HP driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 62/71] dnet: Move the Dave Ethernet driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 63/71] ethoc: Move the Avionic driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 64/71] greth: Move the Aeroflex Gaisler driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 65/71] enc28j60: Move the Microchip driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 66/71] dm9000: Move the Davicom driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 67/71] netx: Move the netx driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 68/71] sh_eth: Move the Renesas SuperH driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 69/71] xircom: Move the Xircom driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-07-31 8:52 ` Dominik Brodowski
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 70/71] tile: Move the Tilera driver Jeff Kirsher
2011-08-01 17:21 ` Chris Metcalf
2011-08-02 3:53 ` Jeff Kirsher
2011-08-03 5:47 ` Jeff Kirsher
2011-08-03 19:02 ` Chris Metcalf
2011-07-31 3:27 ` [net-next v2 71/71] drivers/net: Kconfig and Makefile cleanup Jeff Kirsher
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