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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 01:07:09 +0100 From: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@...tstofly.org> To: Dan Nicolaescu <dann@....uci.edu> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC patch] driver for the Opencores Ethernet Controller On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 10:27:52AM -0800, Dan Nicolaescu wrote: > > > The Opencores Ethernet Controller is Verilog code that can be used to > > > implement an Ethernet device in hardware. It needs to be coupled with > > > a PHY and some buffer memory. Because of that devices that implement > > > this controller can be very different. The code here tries to support > > > that by having some parameters that need to be defined at compile > > > time. > > > > Considering this, why don't you make it a platform driver? > > I didn't know about "platform drivers" before your mail. I guess I > could convert it to that if that is the right thing to do. I definitely think so. Check the ep93xx_eth driver for an example. > (It might be an overkill given that the device is kind of simple and > embedded people prefer small code...) ..until someone decides that he wants to build a design with two of these ethernet cores instead of just one, at which point the entire "Let's use #defines for everything" plan breaks down badly. > Any comments on the driver itself? Sorry, no, I didn't look at it. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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