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Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2020 18:39:50 +0200 From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> To: Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com> Cc: Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@...el.com>, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com, anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, mdf@...nel.org, lee.jones@...aro.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fpga@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, lgoncalv@...hat.com, hao.wu@...el.com Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 4/6] ethernet: m10-retimer: add support for retimers on Intel MAX 10 BMC On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 08:03:51AM -0700, Tom Rix wrote: > > On 10/23/20 1:45 AM, Xu Yilun wrote: > > This driver supports the ethernet retimers (Parkvale) for the Intel PAC > > (Programmable Acceleration Card) N3000, which is a FPGA based Smart NIC. > > Parkvale is a code name, it would be better if the public name was used. > > As this is a physical chip that could be used on other cards, > > I think the generic parts should be split out of intel-m10-bmc-retimer.c > > into a separate file, maybe retimer-c827.c This driver is not really a driver for the Parkvale. That driver is hidden away in the BMC. So we need to be a bit careful with the name, leaving it available for when somebody writes a real Linux driver for retimer. Andrew
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