netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC v2 net-next 0/8] net: qualcomm: add QCA7000 UART driver

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Date:   Thu, 13 Oct 2016 15:08:37 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
Cc:     Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v2 net-next 0/8] net: qualcomm: add QCA7000 UART
 driver

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 10:09:09AM +0200, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> 
> > Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com> hat am 26. September 2016 um 13:07
> > geschrieben:
> > 
> > 
> > The Qualcomm QCA7000 HomePlug GreenPHY supports two interfaces:
> > UART and SPI. This patch series adds the missing support for UART.
> > 
> > This driver based on the Qualcomm code [1], but contains some changes:
> > * use random MAC address per default
> > * use net_device_stats from device
> > * share frame decoding between SPI and UART driver
> > * improve error handling
> > * reimplement tty_wakeup with work queue (based on slcan)
> > 
> > The patches 1 - 3 are just for clean up and are not related to
> > the UART support. Patches 4 - 7 prepare the existing QCA7000
> > code for UART support. The last patch contains the new driver.
> > 
> > In order to test the driver a modified slattach in userspace is also
> > required. A prepared busybox (includes slattach) can be found here [2].
> > 
> > The code itself has been tested on a Freescale i.MX28 board.
> > 
> > Changes in v2:
> >   * fix build issue by using netif_trans_update() and dev_trans_start()
> > 
> > [1] - https://github.com/IoE/qca7000
> > [2] - https://github.com/lategoodbye/busybox/commits/qca7k_support_1_24
> > 
> 
> Gently ping, since i didn't receive any comment for this version.

Wait, this is an RFC, hah, I don't ever review those as obviously you
don't think well enough of it to be proposing this for inclusion :)

Fix up what you think needs to be done and resend it "for real" and it
will enter my review queue.

thanks,

greg k-h