From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] alx: add a simple AR816x/AR817x device driver Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:05:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20130617.160524.299285792506397317.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1370899609-13954-1-git-send-email-johannes@sipsolutions.net> <1371501842-24452-1-git-send-email-johannes@sipsolutions.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, js@sig21.net, romieu@fr.zoreil.com To: johannes@sipsolutions.net Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:40156 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751000Ab3FQXFZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:05:25 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1371501842-24452-1-git-send-email-johannes@sipsolutions.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Johannes Berg Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:44:02 +0200 > This is a very simple driver, based on the original vendor > driver that Qualcomm/Atheros published/submitted previously, > but reworked to make the code saner. However, it also lost > a number of features (TSO/GSO, VLAN acceleration and multi- > queue support) in the process, as well as debugging support > features I didn't have any use for. The only thing I left > is checksum offload. > > More features can obviously be added, but this seemed like > a good start for having a driver in mainline at all. > > Johannes Stezenbach has verified that the driver works on > AR8161, I have a AR8171 myself. The E2200 device ID I found > on github in somebody's repository. > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg I've applied this to 'net', thanks Johannes. There might be some fixups still needed, but for people who have these devices this is a huge improvement for them. Thanks!