netdev - Re: [PATCH] PA Semi PWRficient Ethernet driver

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Message-ID: <20070130205354.GA27922@lixom.net>
Date:	Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:53:54 -0600
From:	olof@...om.net (Olof Johansson)
To:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
Cc:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PA Semi PWRficient Ethernet driver

On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 09:34:06PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Olof Johansson wrote:
> >Right now it's guaranteed that the interrupts will not be shared. They're
> >fixed for the on-chip devices, and no other driver should be binding to
> >the same channels (and thus irqs).
> >
> >If it changes in the future, the driver would need other rework as well.
> 
> Nonetheless, it is far more sane to check for work, and return if no 
> work.  Who knows if the hardware will signal an interrupt early or late.

Easy enough. Added in the next version.

> >>>+static struct pci_driver pasemi_mac_driver = {
> >>>+   .name = "pasemi_mac",
> >>>+   .id_table = pasemi_mac_pci_tbl,
> >>>+   .probe = pasemi_mac_probe,
> >>Don't you need a remove routine?
> >
> >No hotplug support at this time, so I didn't see any use in providing one.
> 
> module remove.

Oh, good point. Added in the next version to be posted.


Thanks,

-Olof
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