netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] drivers/net/usb/asix: resync from vendor's copy

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Message-ID: <4EBABB56.2060503@teksavvy.com>
Date:	Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:41:42 -0500
From:	Mark Lord <kernel@...savvy.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drivers/net/usb/asix:  resync from vendor's copy

On 11-11-09 12:31 PM, Mark Lord wrote:
> Second pass (for review) at updating the in-kernel asix usb/network driver
> from the v4.1.0 vendor GPL version of the driver, obtained from here:
> 
>   http://www.asix.com.tw/download.php?sub=searchresult&PItemID=84&download=driver
> 
> The original vendor copy used a local "axusbnet" middleware (rather than "usbnet").
> I've converted it back to using "usbnet", made a ton of cosmetic changes
> to get it to pass checkpatch.pl, and removed a small amount of code duplication.
> 
> The tx/rx checksum code has been updated per Ben's comments,
> and the duplicated MII_* definitions have been removed.
> I've changed the version string to be "4.1.0-kernel",
> to reflect the vendor's code version while also distinguishing
> this port from the original vendor code.
> 
> It can use more work going forward, but it is important to get it upstream
> sooner than later -- the current in-kernel driver fails with many devices,
> both old and new.  This updated version works with everything I have available
> to test with, and also handles suspend / resume (unlike the in-kernel one).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Lord <mlord@...ox.com>
> ---
> Note that the vendor now has a v4.2.0 version available,
> but for now I'm concentrating on the original v4.1.0 code.
> 
> After review/discussion of this patch, I will update for Linux-3.2-rc
> and resubmit for inclusion in the eventual linux-3.3 kernel.
> 
> Patch included below, and also attached to bypass mailer mangling.

..
> +#define AX_RX_CHECKSUM		(1 << 0)
> +#define AX_TX_CHECKSUM		(1 << 1)
..

Please consider those two lines (from asix.h) to be "nuked" from the next version.
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