netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 00/11] convert stmmac glue layers into platform drivers

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Message-ID: <5554FD4A.7050207@opensource.altera.com>
Date:	Thu, 14 May 2015 14:53:46 -0500
From:	Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@...nsource.altera.com>
To:	Joachim Eastwood <manabian@...il.com>, <arnd@...db.de>,
	<peppe.cavallaro@...com>, <roger.chen@...k-chips.com>,
	<wens@...e.org>, <srinivas.kandagatla@...com>,
	<b.galvani@...il.com>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	<linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/11] convert stmmac glue layers into platform
 drivers

On 05/14/2015 05:10 AM, Joachim Eastwood wrote:
> This patch set aims to convert the current dwmac glue layers into
> proper platform drivers as request by Arnd[1]. These changes start
> from patch 3 and onwards.
> 
> Overview:
> Platform driver functions like probe and remove are exported from
> the stmmac platform and then used in subsequent glue later
> conversions. The conversion involes adding the platform driver
> boiler plate code and adding it to the build system. The last patch
> removes the driver from the stmmac platform code thus making it into
> a library for common platform driver functions.
> 
> The two first patches adds glue layer for my platform. I chose to
> first add old style glue layer and then convert it. The churn this
> creates is just 3 lines.
> 
> I would be very nice if people could test this patch set on their
> respective platform. My testing has been limited to compiling and
> testing on my (LPC18xx) platform. Thanks!
> 
> Next I will look into cleaning up the stmmac platform code.
> 
> [1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m=143059524606459&w=2
> 
> Joachim Eastwood (11):
>   stmmac: add dwmac glue for NXP 18xx/43xx family
>   doc: dt: add documentation for nxp,lpc1850-dwmac
>   stmmac: prepare stmmac platform to support stand alone drivers
>   stmmac: add a generic dwmac driver
>   stmmac: convert dwmac-lpc18xx to a platform driver
>   stmmac: convert dwmac-meson to platform driver
>   stmmac: convert dwmac-rk to platform driver
>   stmmac: convert dwmac-socfpga to platform driver
>   stmmac: convert dwmac-sti to platform driver
>   stmmac: convert dwmac-sunxi to platform driver
>   stmmac: drop driver from stmmac platform code
> 
>  .../devicetree/bindings/net/nxp,lpc1850-dwmac.txt  | 20 +++++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig        | 76 +++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Makefile       | 13 ++-
>  .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-generic.c    | 41 +++++++++
>  .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-lpc18xx.c    | 99 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson.c  | 24 +++++-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-rk.c     | 27 +++++-
>  .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-socfpga.c    | 21 ++++-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sti.c    | 29 ++++++-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sunxi.c  | 25 +++++-
>  .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c  | 49 ++---------
>  .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.h  |  9 +-
>  12 files changed, 378 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/nxp,lpc1850-dwmac.txt
>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-generic.c
>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-lpc18xx.c
> 


Tested-by: Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@...nsource.altera.com>

on SoCFPGA devkit.

Thanks,
Dinh
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