netdev - Re: [PATCH 00/04] smc91x: request bus width using platform data

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Date:	Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:36:57 -0500 (EST)
From:	Nicolas Pitre <nico@....org>
To:	Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, lethal@...ux-sh.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/04] smc91x: request bus width using platform data

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, Magnus Damm wrote:

> These patches make it possible to request bus width in the platform data.
> 
> Instead of keep on updating smc91x.h with board specific configuration,
> use platform data to pass along bus width and irq flags to the driver.
> This change is designed to be backwards-compatible, so all boards configured
> in the header file should just work as usual.

Thank you for doing this work.  I really meant to do it, and commit 
09779c6df2dbe95483269d194b327d41fe2cc57e was the first step towards that 
goal, but as you can see we're nearly two years later and I didn't do 
it.

I have a few comments though.  I will reply to those messages 
separately.


Nicolas
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