netdev - Re: [PATCH] drivers: net: ethernet: xilinx: xilinx_emaclite: revert the original commit "1db3ddff1602edf2390b7667dcbaa0f71512e3ea"

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Date:	Wed, 5 Nov 2014 08:19:41 +0100
From:	Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>
To:	Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com>, <michal.simek@...inx.com>,
	<soren.brinkmann@...inx.com>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<sthokal@...inx.com>, <manuel.schoelling@....de>,
	<f.fainelli@...il.com>, <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	<ebiederm@...ssion.com>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: net: ethernet: xilinx: xilinx_emaclite: revert
 the original commit "1db3ddff1602edf2390b7667dcbaa0f71512e3ea"

On 11/04/2014 03:43 PM, Chen Gang wrote:
> Microblaze is a fpga soft core, it can be customized easily, which may
> cause many various hardware version strings.
> 
> So the original fix patch based on hard-coded compatible version strings
> is not a good idea (although it is correct for current issue). For it,
> there will be a new solving way soon (which based on the device tree).
> 
> The original issue is related with qemu, so can only change the hardware
> version string in qemu for it, then keep the original driver no touch (
> qemu is for virtualization which has much easier life than real world).
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

Acked-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>

Thanks,
Michal

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