On Wed, 2011-06-29 at 08:39 -0700, Tabi Timur-B04825 wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Jeff Kirsher
> <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> wrote:
> > Move the Freescale driver into drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ and
> > make the necessary Kconfig and Makefile changes.
> 
> I don't have an actual objection to this, but I just don't understand
> why it's necessary.  Is this a new trend for drivers/net, to have all
> drivers grouped by manufacturer?  Or is there something special about
> Freescale?
> 

What we are trying to do is better organize the drivers/net directory
structure.  So I am placing all the Ethernet drivers in
drivers/net/ethernet/ and so on.  Under drivers/net/ethernet/, I have
tried to organize drivers by the most appropriate way to help in
maintaining the drivers, a lot of the time it tended to be by
manufacturer.  It made sense to group all the Freescale drivers into a
common directory so that it would be easier to maintain.