netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] net: ax88796c: ASIX AX88796C SPI Ethernet Adapter Driver

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Message-ID: <20200826160715.GV2403519@lunn.ch>
Date:   Wed, 26 Aug 2020 18:07:15 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
Cc:     'Lukasz Stelmach' <l.stelmach@...sung.com>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org" 
        <linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "m.szyprowski@...sung.com" <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        "b.zolnierkie@...sung.com" <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] net: ax88796c: ASIX AX88796C SPI Ethernet Adapter
 Driver

> (I can't imagine SPI being fast enough to be useful for ethernet...)

There are plenty of IoT things which only need a few kbit/s.

A VoIP phone can probably get by with 128Kbps, which a 50Mbps SPI bus
has no problem to provide, etc.

      Andrew