netdev - Re: [PATCHv2 3/9] macb: unify at91 and avr32 platform data

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Message-ID: <871v26m8tf.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk>
Date:	Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:48:28 +0100
From:	Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@...site.dk>
To:	"avictor.za\@gmail.com" <avictor.za@...il.com>
Cc:	Jamie Iles <jamie@...ieiles.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	plagnioj@...osoft.com, nicolas.ferre@...el.com,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 3/9] macb: unify at91 and avr32 platform data

>>>>> "avictor" == avictor za@...il com <avictor.za@...il.com> writes:

Hi,

 >> How about at the same time renaming it to something a bit less
 >> generic like macb_platform_data?

 avictor> The AT91RM9200 uses the same platform_data structure, but has a
 avictor> different Ethernet peripheral (ie, not the MACB)

 avictor> The phy_irq_pin is used in the AT91RM9200 ethernet driver.
 avictor> (drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c)

That should probably be cleaned up as well then. Sharing platform_data
structures between unrelated drivers seems like quite a mess to me.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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