netdev - Re: [RFC 43/72] a2065/ariadne: Move the a2065/ariadne drivers

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdVHRNk4arc75QKrzDmHYE+86NixPk6v9uGwOAPkUTCgJw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:34:18 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 43/72] a2065/ariadne: Move the a2065/ariadne drivers

On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 16:30, Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-06-28 at 13:33 -0700, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> And (in some other patch) 82596.c is an Intel driver, not a Motorola driver.
>
> 82596.c is not an Intel driver, it is an Intel part.  The driver was

Sorry, I meant "driver for an Intel part".

> written and support by someone other than Intel.  I am looking at how to

Sure. But I'm strongly against classifying drivers based on who wrote them ;-)

> better organize the 82596.c, lasi_82596.c, lib82596.c, and sni_82596.c
> which all use an Intel Ethernet chip but were written and supported by
> someone other than Intel.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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