On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 02:58:51PM +0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 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?
>
In two months.
> > --- /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?
>
>
This driver is for XLR processor ethernet, which is depend on FMN
for any communication between packet processing agents, so this driver
depend on XLR platform.
> > --- /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.
>
Will add the emaipl address list and resubmit.
> Please fix this up and resubmit.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
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