netdev - Re: [PATCH] SMSC LAN911x and LAN921x vendor driver

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Date:	Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:31:51 +0100
From:	Steve.Glendinning@...c.com
To:	Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@...site.dk>
Cc:	Bahadir Balban <Bahadir.Balban@....com>,
	Bill Gatliff <bgat@...lgatliff.com>,
	Dustin Mcintire <dustin@...soria.com>, ian.saturley@...c.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SMSC LAN911x and LAN921x vendor driver

Hi Peter,

> What's the problem with Dustin's driver? It seems to work fine here
> with a lan9117. Why not just add lan921x support to the existing
> driver?

I have heard Dustin's driver works very well on PXA, but on others it 
doesn't even compile (hence why it depends on ARCH_PXA).

Dustin's driver was based on the smc91x code, but these two ethernet 
devices share nothing other than a similar name.  smsc911x is a new, 
completely platform-independent driver with workarounds for several 
hardware issues, and it doesn't suffer from quite as much macro abuse :-)

Regards,
--
Steve Glendinning
SMSC GmbH
m: +44 777 933 9124
e: steve.glendinning@...c.com

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