Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] atl1: Build files for Attansic L1 driver

From: Randy Dunlap <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 07:41:26 -0800

Chris Snook wrote:
> Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:29:15 -0600 Jay Cliburn wrote:
>>
>>> From: Jay Cliburn <[email-masked]>
>>>
>>> This patch contains the build files for the Attansic L1 gigabit ethernet
>>> adapter driver.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jay Cliburn <[email-masked]>
>>> ---
>>>
>>>  Kconfig       |   12 ++++++++++++
>>>  Makefile      |    1 +
>>>  atl1/Makefile |   30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  3 files changed, 43 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
>>> index 6e863aa..f503d10 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
>>> @@ -2329,6 +2329,18 @@ config QLA3XXX
>>>        To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
>>>        will be called qla3xxx.
>>>  
>>> +config ATL1
>>> +    tristate "Attansic(R) L1 Gigabit Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
>>> +    depends on NET_PCI && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
>>> +    select CRC32
>>> +    select MII
>>> +    ---help---
>>> +      This driver supports Attansic L1 gigabit ethernet adapter.
>>> +
>>> +      To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.  The module
>>> +      will be called atl1.
>>> +
>>> +
>>>  endmenu
>>
>> One problem here is that MII depends on NET_ETHERNET, which is
>> 10/100 ethernet, which may not be enabled if someone has only
>> gigabit ethernet.  :)
> 
> I'm actually quite inclined to rip out all MII support entirely. There's 
> a lot of code in this driver that needs cleaning up cosmetically, and 
> removing deprecated features would certainly speed things up.  What do 
> you think?

All of that sounds like a good idea to me.
I didn't realize that MII support is deprecated.  Do you mean
that it's deprecated for gigabit?

-- 
~Randy