netdev - Re: 2.6.29 e100.c non-MII support status? (Re: [GIT]: Networking)

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Message-ID: <20090301212412.GA13210@rhlx01.hs-esslingen.de>
Date:	Sun, 1 Mar 2009 22:24:12 +0100
From:	Andreas Mohr <andim2@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Cc:	andi@...as.de, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, bunk@...nel.org,
	auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com, e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.29 e100.c non-MII support status? (Re: [GIT]: Networking)

Hi,

On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 02:57:46AM -0800, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> I am personally sorry that nothing has been done regarding this patch.
>  I still have this patch in my local tree.  I admit that this patch
> has been on the low priority list, so I will make sure the patch is
> current this week and respond accordingly this week.

The whole thing has been somewhat low-priority indeed
given the probable age of some non-MII contenders. OTOH it would be quite sad
(and locally problematic) to see support for those non-MII cards vanish
come 2.6.29.
Subsequently it would then be nice to devise non-MII support
in some structured way that enables us to support them without
much burden (code-wise) on proper standards-supporting MII cards.

Thank you,

Andreas Mohr
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