netdev - Re: [net-next 10/10] i825xx: Move the Intel 82586/82593/82596 based drivers

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Date:	Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:04:55 +0100
From:	Phil Blundell <philb@....org>
To:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...dhat.com,
	sassmann@...hat.com, Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	aris@...hedrallabs.org, Donald Becker <becker@...ld.com>,
	Chris Beauregard <cpbeaure@...ergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>,
	Richard Procter <rnp@...adise.net.nz>,
	Andries Brouwer <aeb@....nl>,
	"M.Hipp" <hippm@...ormatik.uni-tuebingen.de>,
	Richard Hirst <richard@...epie.demon.co.uk>,
	Sam Creasey <sammy@...verio.com>,
	Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
Subject: Re: [net-next 10/10] i825xx: Move the Intel 82586/82593/82596 based
 drivers

On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 20:27 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> Move the drivers that use the i82586/i82593/i82596 chipsets into
> drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/ and make the necessary Kconfig and
> Makefile changes.  There were 4 3Com drivers which were initially
> moved into 3com/, which now reside in i825xx since they all used
> the i82586 chip.

Actually, I think 3c505 was better in 3com/ where you had it before.
Although the card does use an i82586, it's front-ended by an 80186
microcontroller and that's what the driver talks to.  So there is no
meaningful code commonality with the other '586 drivers.

That said, I don't think it's a massive deal either way and if you have
a strong preference for putting it in i825xx then that's probably fine.

p.


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