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Message-ID: <87twyg73q7.fsf@free.fr>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 21:00:32 +0100
From: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>,
netdev@...r.kernel.org, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: smc91x: improve neponset hack
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> writes:
> On Thursday 19 February 2015 00:35:49 Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 08:47:30PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> > The smc91x driver tries to support multiple platforms at compile
>> > time, but they are mutually exclusive at runtime, and not clearly
>> > defined.
>>
>> I'd prefer to rework this to fix that properly. From what I remember,
>> the whole SA11x0 stuff in this driver was a mess.
>
> I guess that's reasonable. I've looked through the driver and it seems we
> did most of the multiplatform work but left a few things alone that should
> have been converted a long time ago.
>
> Can you check if the approach below makes sense to you?
>
> I've verified that each machine that defines an smc91x device now sets
> the correct platform data, irq flags and access width, which should be
> enough to collapse all the CONFIG_ARM cases into one.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
When you're both satisfied with the smc91x patch, I can offer to test it across
the pxa boards (lubbock, zylonite, and maybe mainstone). As I'm actively using
the first 2, I'm interested in them being as functional as now :)
Cheers.
--
Robert
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