From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alexandre Torgue Subject: Re: [v2,net-next,1/3] net: stmmac: enable multiple buffers Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 11:28:25 +0200 Message-ID: <13caf663-ba0f-941c-0d1e-f043cb9a7a0b@st.com> References: <20170324074255.GB16730@lunn.ch> <20170324111736.GB22281@lunn.ch> <20170324.100557.1391035515160209574.davem@davemloft.net> <742f3185-1b4e-f801-5b5e-cc835953ff0c@synopsys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: , , , To: Joao Pinto , David Miller , Return-path: Received: from mx08-00178001.pphosted.com ([91.207.212.93]:55095 "EHLO mx07-00178001.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752710AbdC0Jy3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Mar 2017 05:54:29 -0400 In-Reply-To: <742f3185-1b4e-f801-5b5e-cc835953ff0c@synopsys.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Joao On 03/24/2017 06:09 PM, Joao Pinto wrote: > > Hello David, > > Ās 5:05 PM de 3/24/2017, David Miller escreveu: >> From: Andrew Lunn >> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 12:17:36 +0100 >> >>>> Yes it would be fantastic to have a set of boards, but I rarely see this in any >>>> maintainer :). >>> >>> Being a Marvell SoC and switch maintainer, i have around a dozen >>> boards. Some i got some simply by asking the manufacture, others i >>> purchased. I don't think i'm in the minority here. Without having >>> access to a number of different hardwares, i don't feel i would be >>> doing my work properly. >>> >>>> I try as hard as I can to network with people and try to minimize this >>>> situations, but when there is so many different setups using a driver with diff >>>> configurations, situations like this can happen, but I am here to help debugging >>>> and solving them. >>> >>> You made a move to rename stmmac to synopsys not long ago. It gave the >>> impression that synopsis wants to take over this driver. If there are >>> a number of different configurations, who better than synopsys to >>> actually properly test these configurations? If you ask around, i'm >>> sure people will send you hardware. >> >> I completely agree with everything Andrew is saying here. >> > > I'll maintain the driver if everyone agrees with it, no problem, mas I would > like to hear from Peppe and Alex, since they are the current maintainers. I agree with this proposition. As you can see (and unfortunately) I have currently no time for reviewing (I'm busy on another subsystem). You are close to new GMAC evolution and very active (I hope for a long time). For sure you need boards with old GMAC Ips. I will send you an STM32 with GMAC IP 3.5. Don't hesitate to contact us if you have question about historic content of stmmac driver. Thanks! Alex > > HW testing would be nice, but hard to justify investing in one shot, so it would > be great to receive hardware to make tests if the companies wish it. > > About the problems in the last patch I am going to send a 2 patch set with 2 > fixes, lets see if stuff gets better. > > Thnaks > Joao >