netdev - Re: stmmac driver...

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Date:   Fri, 9 Dec 2016 18:05:00 +0800
From:   Jie Deng <Jie.Deng1@...opsys.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, <alexandre.torgue@...com>
CC:     <peppe.cavallaro@...com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <CARLOS.PALMINHA@...opsys.com>, <Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com>
Subject: Re: stmmac driver...



On 2016/12/8 23:25, David Miller wrote:
> From: Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>
> Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 14:55:04 +0100
>
>> Maybe I forget some series. Do you have others in mind ?
> Please see the thread titled:
>
> "net: ethernet: Initial driver for Synopsys DWC XLGMAC"
>
> which seems to be discussing consolidation of various drivers
> for the same IP core, of which stmmac is one.
>
> I personally am against any change of the driver name and
> things like this, and wish the people doing that work would
> simply contribute to making whatever changes they need directly
> to the stmmac driver.
>
> You really need to voice your opinion when major changes are being
> proposed for the driver you maintain.
>
Hi David and Alex,

XLGMAC is not a version of GMAC. Synopsys has several IPs and each IP has
several versions.

GMAC(QoS): 3.5, 3.7, 4.0, 4.10, 4.20...
XGMAC: 1.00, 1.10, 1.20, 2.00, 2.10, 2.11...
XLGMAC (Synopsys DesignWare Core Enterprise Ethernet): this is a new IP.

Regards,
Jie