From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joao Pinto Subject: Re: [v2,net-next,1/3] net: stmmac: enable multiple buffers Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 10:34:39 +0100 Message-ID: <22b73b28-135e-0e4b-c2b4-b4348e07d686@synopsys.com> References: <20170324074255.GB16730@lunn.ch> <20170324111736.GB22281@lunn.ch> <20170324.100557.1391035515160209574.davem@davemloft.net> <742f3185-1b4e-f801-5b5e-cc835953ff0c@synopsys.com> <13caf663-ba0f-941c-0d1e-f043cb9a7a0b@st.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: David Miller , , , , To: Alexandre Torgue , Joao Pinto , Return-path: Received: from smtprelay2.synopsys.com ([198.182.60.111]:58225 "EHLO smtprelay.synopsys.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752136AbdC0Jgw (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Mar 2017 05:36:52 -0400 In-Reply-To: <13caf663-ba0f-941c-0d1e-f043cb9a7a0b@st.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Ās 10:28 AM de 3/27/2017, Alexandre Torgue escreveu: > 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, I will do my best to maintain it! That would be great to have a board with an older IP to test. I will send you my office address soon. Thanks! @ Peppe: Are you ok with it? Thanks. > > 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 >>