From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Korsgaard Subject: Re: Extend smc911x to support LAN921x chips - differences? Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:08:43 +0200 Message-ID: <87vdx5gjzo.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Guennadi Liakhovetski , netdev@vger.kernel.org, Ian.Saturley@smsc.com To: Steve.Glendinning@smsc.com Return-path: Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.171]:24380 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753988AbYIIUIw (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Sep 2008 16:08:52 -0400 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id k3so274727ugf.37 for ; Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:08:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Steve Glendinning's message of "Tue\, 9 Sep 2008 16\:26\:35 +0100") Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: >>>>> "Steve" == Steve Glendinning writes: Hi, Steve> Did you have the in-tree driver succesfully working with LAN9115? I've used the mainline driver without problems on various PPC boards with LAN9117 devices.. Steve> The vast majority of users i've worked with have ended up Steve> using the out-of-tree smsc911x driver, as it "just works" on Steve> many platforms. I'll be re-submitting another candidate when Steve> I've finished working on the LAN9500 USB ethernet driver, but Steve> for now the latest submission: I've said a few times already, but couldn't you fix the existing driver instead of adding a completely new one? -- Bye, Peter Korsgaard