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Message-ID: <20080318161406.GA27913@farnsworth.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:14:06 -0700
From: Dale Farnsworth <dale@...nsworth.org>
To: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@...tstofly.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Nicolas Pitre <nico@...vell.com>,
Tzachi Perelstein <tzachi@...vell.com>,
Saeed Bishara <saeed@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7][MV643XX_ETH] various cleanups
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 08:15:46PM +0100, Lennert Buytenhek wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This patch series performs various cleanups of mv643xx_eth, and moves
> it into the direction of being able to be instantiated multiple times
> -- which is currently not possible due to the driver using static
> variables, identifying ports by their port index within the single
> supported instance[*] instead of a pointer to a describing structure,
> and such.
>
> The goal of multiple instantiation isn't achieved yet by this patch
> set, since it requires some changes in how mv643xx_eth platform
> devices are instantiated which in turn requires some changes in
> arch/{ppc,powerpc} which haven't been fully sorted out and agreed
> upon yet -- but this patch set is a step in the general direction,
> and the maintainer has informally ACKed these patches previously
> (in private mail), so I'm seeking wider feedback on them now.
Hi Lennert,
I'm happy with the end result, but the current patch series will
not build after patches 1-3 are applied. Please reorder your
code changes so the result will be git-bisectable.
-Dale
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