netdev - Re: [RFC 37/72] fsl_*/gianfar*/ucc_*: Move the Freescale drivers

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Date:	Sat, 09 Jul 2011 08:07:12 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Tabi Timur-B04825 <B04825@...escale.com>
Cc:	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sandeep Gopalpet <sandeep.kumar@...escale.com>,
	Fleming Andy-AFLEMING <afleming@...escale.com>,
	Gridish Shlomi-RM96313 <RM96313@...escale.com>,
	Li Yang-R58472 <r58472@...escale.com>,
	Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@...il.com>,
	Vitaly Bordug <vbordug@...mvista.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 37/72] fsl_*/gianfar*/ucc_*: Move the Freescale drivers

On Wed, 2011-06-29 at 08:39 -0700, Tabi Timur-B04825 wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Jeff Kirsher
> <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com> wrote:
> > Move the Freescale driver into drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ and
> > make the necessary Kconfig and Makefile changes.
> 
> I don't have an actual objection to this, but I just don't understand
> why it's necessary.  Is this a new trend for drivers/net, to have all
> drivers grouped by manufacturer?  Or is there something special about
> Freescale?
> 

What we are trying to do is better organize the drivers/net directory
structure.  So I am placing all the Ethernet drivers in
drivers/net/ethernet/ and so on.  Under drivers/net/ethernet/, I have
tried to organize drivers by the most appropriate way to help in
maintaining the drivers, a lot of the time it tended to be by
manufacturer.  It made sense to group all the Freescale drivers into a
common directory so that it would be easier to maintain.

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