Re: [PATCH 2/2] MIPS: Netlogic: Platform changes for XLR/XLS gmac

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 12:06:14AM +0530, ganesanr@broadcom.com wrote:
> From: Ganesan Ramalingam <ganesanr@broadcom.com>
> 
> Add platform code to create network interface (xlr-net) for XLR/XLS
> boards.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ganesan Ramalingam <ganesanr@broadcom.com>
> ---
>  This patch has be merged via linux-mips tree.
> 
>  This patch depends on [PATCH 1/2] Staging: Netlogic XLR/XLS GMAC driver.
> 
>  arch/mips/include/asm/netlogic/xlr/platform_net.h |   46 +++++
>  arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/Makefile                   |    3 +-
>  arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/fmn.c                      |    2 +
>  arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/platform_net.c             |  222 
> +++++++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 272 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 arch/mips/include/asm/netlogic/xlr/platform_net.h
>  create mode 100644 arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/platform_net.c

Staging drivers should be stand-alone, not depending on changes
elsewhere in the tree.  Why not either merge these into the staging
driver, or move the driver to the correct place to start with?

thanks,

greg k-h