netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: facilitate adding new chip versions

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Message-ID: <20201216165014.7d26f963@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:50:14 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: facilitate adding new chip versions

On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 17:15:05 +0100 Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> Add a constant RTL_GIGA_MAC_MAX and use it if all new chip versions
> handle a feature in a specific way. As result we have to touch less
> places when adding support for a new chip version.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Looks harmless, but also non-urgent so let's wait for net-next to open.