Re: [PATCH] Staging: Netlogic XLR/XLS GMAC driver

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

On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 11:59:18AM +0530, ganesanr@broadcom.com wrote:
>  This patch has to be merged via staging tree.
> 
>  This driver has been submitted to netdev tree and reviewed, the comments 
>  are list in TODO list, will be addressed in next cycle of submission, till
>  that time I wanted this driver to be in staging tree.
> 
>  This driver shall be sent to netdev@vger.kernel.org and David Miller 
> <davem@davemloft.net>
>  for further review.

When is that going to happen?

> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/staging/netlogic/Kconfig
> @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
> +config NETLOGIC_XLR_NET
> +     tristate "Netlogic XLR/XLS network device"
> +     depends on CPU_XLR

Why will this not build on any other platform?  It should, right?


> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/staging/netlogic/TODO
> @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
> +* Implementing 64bit stat counter in software
> +* All memory allocation should be changed to DMA allocations
> +* All the netdev should be linked to single pdev as parent
> +* Changing comments in to linux standred format
> +

I need a name and email address for who is responsible for this driver
and will be handling patches for it.

Please fix this up and resubmit.

thanks,

greg k-h