linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC v2 net-next 0/8] net: qualcomm: add QCA7000 UART driver

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Date:   Thu, 13 Oct 2016 10:09:09 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
To:     Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v2 net-next 0/8] net: qualcomm: add QCA7000 UART
 driver


> Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com> hat am 26. September 2016 um 13:07
> geschrieben:
> 
> 
> The Qualcomm QCA7000 HomePlug GreenPHY supports two interfaces:
> UART and SPI. This patch series adds the missing support for UART.
> 
> This driver based on the Qualcomm code [1], but contains some changes:
> * use random MAC address per default
> * use net_device_stats from device
> * share frame decoding between SPI and UART driver
> * improve error handling
> * reimplement tty_wakeup with work queue (based on slcan)
> 
> The patches 1 - 3 are just for clean up and are not related to
> the UART support. Patches 4 - 7 prepare the existing QCA7000
> code for UART support. The last patch contains the new driver.
> 
> In order to test the driver a modified slattach in userspace is also
> required. A prepared busybox (includes slattach) can be found here [2].
> 
> The code itself has been tested on a Freescale i.MX28 board.
> 
> Changes in v2:
>   * fix build issue by using netif_trans_update() and dev_trans_start()
> 
> [1] - https://github.com/IoE/qca7000
> [2] - https://github.com/lategoodbye/busybox/commits/qca7k_support_1_24
> 

Gently ping, since i didn't receive any comment for this version.