netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 00/19] Add support for Aquantia AQtion USB to 5/2.5GbE devices

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Date:   Mon, 08 Oct 2018 16:21:36 +0200
From:   Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
To:     Igor Russkikh <Igor.Russkikh@...antia.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     "linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/19] Add support for Aquantia AQtion USB to
 5/2.5GbE devices

On Fr, 2018-10-05 at 10:24 +0000, Igor Russkikh wrote:
> This patchset introduces support for new multigig ethernet to USB dongle,
> developed jointly by Aquantia (Phy) and ASIX (USB MAC).
> 
> The driver has similar structure with other ASIX MAC drivers (AX88179), but
> with a number of important differences:
> - Driver supports both direct Phy and custom firmware interface for Phy
>   programming. This is due to different firmware modules available with this
>   product.
> - Driver handles new 2.5G/5G link speed configuration and reporting.
> - Device support all speeds from 100M up to 5G.
> - Device supports MTU up to 16K.
> 
> Device supports various standard networking features, like
> checksum offloads, vlan tagging/filtering, TSO.
> 
> The code of this driver is based on original ASIX sources and was extended
> by Aquantia for 5G multigig support. 

Thank you for the driver. It is good to see drivers for cool hardware.
Unfortunately there have been a few issues I have tried to point out
in reviews. Please fix them and resubmit.

	Regards
		Oliver