Re: [PATCH 2.6.25.3 1/5] atl1e: Atheros L1E Gigabit Ethernet driver

From: Jay Cliburn
Date: Thu Jun 26 2008 - 22:45:41 EST


Patches 1 and 2 reviewed tonight. I intend to review the other 3 in
coming days.

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:37:23 +0800
Jie Yang <Jie.Yang@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Jie Yang <jie.yang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Full patch for the Atheros L1E Gigabit Ethernet driver.
> Supportring AR8121, AR8113 and AR8114

Please generate the patch against current mainline (or at least
current -rc); it fails to apply cleanly as is.

>
> Signed-off-by: Jie Yang <jie.yang @atheros.com>
> ---
> diff -uprN -X linux-2.6.25.3.orig/Documentation/dontdiff
> linux-2.6.25.3.orig/drivers/net/atl1e/Makefile
> linux-2.6.25.3.atheros/drivers/net/atl1e/Makefile ---
> linux-2.6.25.3.orig/drivers/net/atl1e/Makefile 1970-01-01
> 08:00:00.000000000 +0800 +++
> linux-2.6.25.3.atheros/drivers/net/atl1e/Makefile 2008-06-20
> 11:22:34.000000000 +0800 @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +obj-$(CONFIG_ATL1E) +=
> atl1e.o +atl1e-y += atl1e_main.o atl1e_hw.o
> atl1e_ethtool.o atl1e_param.o diff -uprN -X

Use tabs, not spaces, for indentation. Run scripts/checkpatch.pl on
each patchfile and try to eliminate as many errors as you can. There
are hundreds of checkpatch-reported errors in your submitted patches.

> linux-2.6.25.3.orig/Documentation/dontdiff
> linux-2.6.25.3.orig/drivers/net/Kconfig
> linux-2.6.25.3.atheros/drivers/net/Kconfig ---
> linux-2.6.25.3.orig/drivers/net/Kconfig 2008-05-10
> 12:48:50.000000000 +0800 +++
> linux-2.6.25.3.atheros/drivers/net/Kconfig 2008-06-19
> 18:17:42.000000000 +0800 @@ -2445,6 +2445,32 @@ config ATL1 To
> compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be
> called atl1.
>
> +config ATL1E
> + tristate "Atheros L1e Gigabit Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
> + depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
> + select CRC32
> + select MII
> + help
> + This driver supports the Atheros L1E gigabit ethernet
> adapter. +
> + To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The
> module
> + will be called atl1e.
> +
> +config ATL1E_NAPI
> + bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)"
> + depends on ATL1E
> + help
> + NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and
> interrupt load
> + when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card.
> It is
> + still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by
> default. +
> + If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card
> will be
> + deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a
> firewall),
> + then say Y here.
> +
> + If in doubt, say N.
> +
> +

Remove extra blank line.

> endif # NETDEV_1000
>
> #
> diff -uprN -X linux-2.6.25.3.orig/Documentation/dontdiff
> linux-2.6.25.3.orig/drivers/net/Makefile
> linux-2.6.25.3.atheros/drivers/net/Makefile ---
> linux-2.6.25.3.orig/drivers/net/Makefile 2008-05-10
> 12:48:50.000000000 +0800 +++
> linux-2.6.25.3.atheros/drivers/net/Makefile 2008-06-20
> 09:48:38.000000000 +0800 @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_EHEA) +=
> ehea/ obj-$(CONFIG_CAN) += can/ obj-$(CONFIG_BONDING) += bonding/
> obj-$(CONFIG_ATL1) += atl1/ +obj-$(CONFIG_ATL1E) += atl1e/
> obj-$(CONFIG_GIANFAR) += gianfar_driver.o obj-$(CONFIG_TEHUTI) +=
> tehuti.o
>
> diff -uprN -X linux-2.6.25.3.orig/Documentation/dontdiff
> linux-2.6.25.3.orig/include/linux/pci_ids.h
> linux-2.6.25.3.atheros/include/linux/pci_ids.h ---
> linux-2.6.25.3.orig/include/linux/pci_ids.h 2008-05-10
> 12:48:50.000000000 +0800 +++
> linux-2.6.25.3.atheros/include/linux/pci_ids.h 2008-06-20
> 09:43:40.000000000 +0800 @@ -2175,6 +2175,7 @@
>
> #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATTANSIC 0x1969
> #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_ATTANSIC_L1 0x1048
> +#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_ATTANSIC_L1E 0x1026
>
> #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_JMICRON 0x197B
> #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_JMICRON_JMB360 0x2360
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