[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/3][Net][ARM] Moved Davinci Ethernet driver to drivers/net

Ben Warren
2009-04-28T20:04:59Z

David Brownell wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 April 2009, Ben Warren wrote:
>
>> The driver has been renamed dm644x_emac.c
>>
>
> Let me suggest "davinci_emac.c" ... the same controller
> is in some non-dm644x DaVinci silicon (like dm365), and
> a gigabit flavor is in the dm6467 chip.
>
>
>
OK. I named it this because the top of the file mentioned it was ripped
off from 'dm644x_emac.c' (not Linux)
>>
>> -COBJS = timer.o ether.o lxt972.o dp83848.o
>> +COBJS = timer.o lxt972.o dp83848.o
>> SOBJS = lowlevel_init.o reset.o
>>
>
> Given the recent cleanups in cpu/arm926ejs/davinci/Makefile,
> that won't quite apply. I suggest you pull some of the
> changes from arm-next.
>
OK, I'll look into that.
> Procedure note: this is exactly why Linux now has a
> shared "-next" tree ... to make sure interdependencies
> between development branches can be sorted out before
> the next merge window, so the merge window can be spent
> addressing more substantive issues (if any).
>
>
Sounds good. I believe there is a 'next' branch on the U-boot mainline,
and quite often we do use it, but probably should do so earlier in the
process.

Thanks for the help and advice!
Ben