netdev - Re: [PATCH v7 3/3] net: ax88796c: ASIX AX88796C SPI Ethernet Adapter Driver

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Message-ID: <20201124223300.GJ2036992@lunn.ch>
Date:   Tue, 24 Nov 2020 23:33:00 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@...sung.com>
Cc:     jim.cromie@...il.com, Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org,
        Bartłomiej Żolnierkiewicz 
        <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 3/3] net: ax88796c: ASIX AX88796C SPI Ethernet Adapter
 Driver

On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 01:03:30PM +0100, Łukasz Stelmach wrote:
> ASIX AX88796[1] is a versatile ethernet adapter chip, that can be
> connected to a CPU with a 8/16-bit bus or with an SPI. This driver
> supports SPI connection.
> 
> The driver has been ported from the vendor kernel for ARTIK5[2]
> boards. Several changes were made to adapt it to the current kernel
> which include:
> 
> + updated DT configuration,
> + clock configuration moved to DT,
> + new timer, ethtool and gpio APIs,
> + dev_* instead of pr_* and custom printk() wrappers,
> + removed awkward vendor power managemtn.
> + introduced ethtool tunable to control SPI compression
> 
> [1] https://www.asix.com.tw/products.php?op=pItemdetail&PItemID=104;65;86&PLine=65
> [2] https://git.tizen.org/cgit/profile/common/platform/kernel/linux-3.10-artik/
> 
> The other ax88796 driver is for NE2000 compatible AX88796L chip. These
> chips are not compatible. Hence, two separate drivers are required.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@...sung.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew