[U-Boot] [PATCH v7] net: ll_temac: Add LL TEMAC driver to u-boot

Michal Simek
2011-12-22T09:02:03Z

Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Stephan Linz,
>
> In message <1322771978-22008-2-git-send-email-linz@li-pro.net> you wrote:
>> Xilinx LocalLink Tri-Mode Ether MAC driver can be
>> used by Xilinx Microblaze or Xilinx ppc405/440 in
>> SDMA and FIFO mode. DCR or XPS bus can be used.
>>
>> The driver uses and requires MII and PHYLIB.
>>
>> CP: 4 warnings: 'Use of volatile is usually wrong'
>> I won't fix this, because it depends on the network
>> driver subsystem.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stephan Linz <linz@li-pro.net>
>
> Are there going to be any users for this code?
>

Sure. This driver lies out of mainline code for quite some times.
ll_temac is IP core which is used by Microblaze and xilinx ppc.
There are two options for network IP. The first is emaclite driver
which is in the mainline and high speed and especially 1Gb/s LAN ll_temac driver.

Regards,
Michal

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