From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next,V2] Add LAN9352 Ethernet Driver Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:40:21 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20160216.164021.538472403639953008.davem@davemloft.net> References: <90A7E81AE28BAE4CBDDB3B35F187D264402EFB5D@CHN-SV-EXMX02.mchp-main.com> <20160216205756.GD2558@lunn.ch> <90A7E81AE28BAE4CBDDB3B35F187D264402EFB92@CHN-SV-EXMX02.mchp-main.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: andrew@lunn.ch, f.fainelli@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Bryan.Whitehead@microchip.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:40503 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751375AbcBPVkW (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:40:22 -0500 In-Reply-To: <90A7E81AE28BAE4CBDDB3B35F187D264402EFB92@CHN-SV-EXMX02.mchp-main.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 21:37:40 +0000 > Again, I'd like to change our target device to LAN9250, which is just an Ethernet controller with no switch. > > Will a driver for that device be more easily accepted? No, please just implement your driver correctly instead of trying to side-step the issue.