From: "Måns Rullgård" <mans@mansr.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: eric.dumazet@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, slash.tmp@free.fr
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] net: ethernet: add driver for Aurora VLSI NB8800 Ethernet controller
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 20:53:19 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yw1xziylpoe8.fsf@unicorn.mansr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151110.150403.1195107307226924000.davem@davemloft.net> (David Miller's message of "Tue, 10 Nov 2015 15:04:03 -0500 (EST)")
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> writes:
> From: Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com>
> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 18:05:15 +0000
>
>> Because I haven't been following the netdev list closely for the last
>> five years, and no documentation I read mentioned this function. I can
>> certainly change it.
>
> It is always advisable to mimick what other drivers do and use them as
> a reference, rather than depend upon documentation which by definition
> is always going to be out of sync with the source tree.
Sure. The trick is to pick the right driver(s) to use as reference.
Quite a few of them don't use that function.
--
Måns Rullgård
mans@mansr.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-11-10 20:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-11-10 16:14 [PATCH v5] net: ethernet: add driver for Aurora VLSI NB8800 Ethernet controller Mans Rullgard
2015-11-10 17:55 ` Eric Dumazet
2015-11-10 18:05 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-10 20:04 ` David Miller
2015-11-10 20:53 ` Måns Rullgård [this message]
2015-11-10 21:06 ` David Miller
2015-11-10 21:21 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-10 21:51 ` Eric Dumazet
2015-11-11 13:41 ` Mason
2015-11-11 13:54 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-11 14:10 ` Eric Dumazet
2015-11-11 14:06 ` Eric Dumazet
2015-11-10 17:58 ` Eric Dumazet
2015-11-10 18:07 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-10 19:13 ` Mason
2015-11-10 19:25 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-12 13:33 ` Mason
2015-11-12 14:04 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-12 16:19 ` Mason
2015-11-12 16:57 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-12 17:20 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-10 22:09 ` Andy Shevchenko
2015-11-10 22:34 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-10 22:40 ` Andy Shevchenko
2015-11-10 23:07 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-11 0:36 ` Andy Shevchenko
2015-11-11 0:44 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-10 23:34 ` Francois Romieu
2015-11-11 0:40 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-11 2:11 ` David Miller
2015-11-11 12:22 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-11 13:04 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-11 13:29 ` Eric Dumazet
2015-11-11 13:48 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-11 14:09 ` Eric Dumazet
2015-11-11 14:15 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-11 14:35 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-11 14:44 ` Eric Dumazet
2015-11-11 14:42 ` Eric Dumazet
2015-11-11 16:24 ` David Miller
2015-11-11 18:25 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-11 19:02 ` David Miller
2015-11-11 19:09 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-11 19:13 ` David Miller
2015-11-11 19:17 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-11 19:19 ` David Miller
2015-11-11 19:25 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-11 19:26 ` David Miller
2015-11-11 19:35 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-11 19:48 ` David Miller
2015-11-11 20:47 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-11 16:20 ` David Miller
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