On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 09:15:56AM -0700, Raj Palani wrote:
> > The Titan driver (the version on linux-mips.org and any other
> > version I've
> > seen) are pretty broken and remarkably ugly pieces of code.
> > The authors of the Basler eXcite platform have contributed
> > their driver and I hope it will show up upstream soon. Afaik
> > it has not been tested with any of PMC's eval boards but the
> > necessary changes should not be hard.
>
> I would request that you take a look at our current GE driver (msp85x0_ge.c)
> for the Sequoia platform and send us your feedback. This is currently
> available on our ftp site ftp.pmc-sierra.com under
> /pub/linux/2.6.12/linux-2.6.12-rc3_L002.tar.gz. The driver has been
> completely re-written and we welcome any feedback on the same.
>
> The patches that have been generated for fixes that were made after this
> release are available under /pub/linux/2.6.12/patches-2.6.12-rc3_L002.
>
> We are in the process of generating a patch for the Sequoia platform (for the
> MSP85x0) to be submitted to Linux/MIPS. Note that we will be having a
> separate GE driver for the MSP85x0, while the old Titan GE driver
> (titan_ge.c) would support the Titan (RM912x) chip on the Yosemite platform.
> FYI, the MSP85x0 is the new name for the RM915x device.
Unless my memory is wrong Seqoia and Yosemite have the same ethernet
controller, so why two drivers?
Ralf
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