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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 16:30:22 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> To: Pierre TARDY <pierre.tardy@...escale.com> CC: netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] smc911x Pierre TARDY wrote: > Attached a patch on smc911x driver, which corrects obvious errors in the > 16bit chips support of this driver. > > Please note that this driver still do NOT support 16bit chips (9115 and > 9117), as it claims to, there may be mistakes in the data fifo > managment, this patch enable the driver to init the chip, but the data > is then corrupted. > > I managed to make my chip work with the driver smsc911x (out of the > box), from smsc, which has been refused to be included in the kernel tree. > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network.general/10498/focus=40384 > > I think it my be a good idea to reconsider this choice > - smsc911x has more chance to be supported as it has originally been > made by the manufacturer of the chip. > - smc911x is mono chip (do not work with 9117 at least), mono arch and > mono plateform (restricted to PXA), while smsc911x has been tested on > various chips by smsc > > The only thing that is missing in smsc911x is dma support, which is very > architecture dependant ( There is one way to do dma with the pxa, > another on the freescale mxc plateforms, another on the x86..) ACK the patch, but please follow standard patch format (http://linux.yyz.us/patch-format.html), chiefly you should always include a Signed-off-by line, and avoid MIME attachments. Jeff - 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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