From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 1/4] CS89x0 : add platform driver support Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:49:51 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20120126.174951.1458396120409651458.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1327610775-26893-1-git-send-email-jaccon.bastiaansen@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kernel@pengutronix.de, u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de, s.hauer@pengutronix.de, cavokz@gmail.com, linux@arm.linux.org.uk, fabio.estevam@freescale.com, festevam@gmail.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: jaccon.bastiaansen@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([198.137.202.13]:35651 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751963Ab2AZWyX (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:54:23 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1327610775-26893-1-git-send-email-jaccon.bastiaansen@gmail.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jaccon Bastiaansen Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:46:15 +0100 > The CS89x0 ethernet controller is used on a number of evaluation > boards, such as the MX31ADS. The current driver has memory address and > IRQ settings for each board on which this controller is used. Driver > updates are therefore required to support other boards that also use > the CS89x0. To avoid these driver updates, a better mechanism > (platform driver support) is added to communicate the board dependent > settings to the driver. > > Signed-off-by: Jaccon Bastiaansen I'm fine with this going via one of the ARM trees: Acked-by: David S. Miller