netdev - Re: Porting ethernet over spi driver

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Message-ID: <1398180075.3624.191.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 22 Apr 2014 16:21:15 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
Cc:	Stefan Wahren <info@...egoodbye.de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Porting ethernet over spi driver

On Tue, 2014-04-22 at 12:02 +0200, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> Am 22.04.2014 04:22, schrieb Ben Hutchings:
[..]
> > Most of the interesting new features are related to multiqueue and
> > protocol offloads that I wouldn't expect to exist in an SPI-attached
> > Ethernet controller.  
> 
> You are right.
> 
> Btw, is simple power management (suspend, resume) a must-have feature?

If you're intending to get the driver in-tree, I don't think those are
an absolute requirement but I would certainly recommend implementing
them.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers. - Leonard Brandwein

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