Re: [PATCH 3/3] Intel IXP4xx network drivers

Michael-Luke Jones
2007-05-07T20:18:00Z

On 7 May 2007, at 20:57, Krzysztof Halasa wrote:

> Well, I'm told that (compatible) NPEs are present on other IXP CPUs.
> Not sure about details.

If, by a combined effort, we ever manage to create a generic NPE
driver for the NPEs found in IXP42x/43x/46x/2000/23xx then the driver
should go in arch/arm/npe.c

It's possible, but hard due to the differences in hardware design and
the fact that boards based on anything other than 42x are few and far
between. The vast majority of 'independent' users following mainline
are likely running on 42x boards.

Thus, for now, I would drop the NPE / QMGR code in arch/arm/mach-
ixp4xx/ and concentrate on making it 42x/43x/46x agnostic. One step
at a time :)

Michael-Luke
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