netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add a driver for the ASIX AX88172A

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Message-ID: <4FFB5AC6.3000506@teksavvy.com>
Date:	Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:27:18 -0400
From:	Mark Lord <kernel@...savvy.com>
To:	Grant Grundler <grundler@...omium.org>
CC:	Christian Riesch <christian.riesch@...cron.at>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Allan Chou <allan@...x.com.tw>,
	Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>,
	Michael Riesch <michael@...sch.at>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add a driver for the ASIX AX88172A

On 12-07-09 01:45 PM, Grant Grundler wrote:
> Christian,
> Here's my $0.02 response to your questions.
> 
> On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 4:33 AM, Christian Riesch
> <christian.riesch@...cron.at> wrote:
> ...
>> I have a few questions:
>>
>> 1) Is it ok to factor out the common code like I did? Or should
>>    it go into a separate kernel module?
> 
> I think it's ok. I'd rather not see additional kernel modules unless
> the driver is substantially different.

I'll second that.  Ideally, somebody should pick up the pieces
from my aborted efforts last fall, and just get the real ASIX driver
itself tidied and into the kernel.  Then *everything* would work.

But I doubt that would be feasible at this point.

Cheers
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