Re: [PATCH] tc35815 driver update (take 2)

[Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>]

Atsushi Nemoto wrote:
> Current tc35815 driver is very obsolete and less maintained for a long
> time.  Replace it with a new driver based on one from CELF patch
> archive.
> 
> Major advantages of CELF version (version 1.23, for kernel 2.6.10) are:
> 
> * Independent of JMR3927.
>   (Actually independent of MIPS, but AFAIK the chip is used only on
>    MIPS platforms)
> * TX4938 support.
> * 64-bit proof.
> * Asynchronous and on-demand auto negotiation.
> * High performance on non-coherent architecture.
> * ethtool support.
> * Many bugfixes and cleanups.
> 
> And improvoments since version 1.23 are:
> 
> * TX4939 support.
> * NETPOLL support.
> * NAPI support. (disabled by default)
> * Reduce memcpy on receiving.
> * PM support.
> * Many cleanups and bugfixes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
> 
>  drivers/net/Kconfig     |    3 
>  drivers/net/tc35815.c   | 2587 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>  include/linux/pci_ids.h |    2 
>  3 files changed, 1917 insertions(+), 675 deletions(-)

applied to #upstream, let's give it a good review while it hangs out in 
libata-dev.git#ALL and -mm