From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Niklas Cassel Subject: Re: [PATCH] synopsys: remove dwc_eth_qos driver Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 10:26:59 +0100 Message-ID: <47eecb42-f685-7db7-f265-7c22ddf73cfd@axis.com> References: <2d50f9fea61de2eb082b217d435334d40e3e01ad.1484214626.git.jpinto@synopsys.com> <20170112.102802.1485105708725148022.davem@davemloft.net> <0eb32fee-0354-522d-72c4-3d1105ec04ed@synopsys.com> <20170112.104803.240247212224131685.davem@davemloft.net> <066a57f3-29b5-c297-cd67-d9c937b9c9d9@synopsys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: , , , To: Joao Pinto , David Miller Return-path: Received: from bastet.se.axis.com ([195.60.68.11]:54056 "EHLO bastet.se.axis.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750923AbdAMJ1D (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jan 2017 04:27:03 -0500 In-Reply-To: <066a57f3-29b5-c297-cd67-d9c937b9c9d9@synopsys.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 01/12/2017 04:54 PM, Joao Pinto wrote: > Ās 3:48 PM de 1/12/2017, David Miller escreveu: >> From: Joao Pinto >> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:46:31 +0000 >> >>> Hope we can meet in a LinuxCon soon and have a talk, for you to know >>> me and this way you will see that I am a guy that is only focused in >>> producing work the best way possible, and nothing else. >> I do not argue your intentions. >> >> I argue the side effects of your change for the ecosystem of >> long term maintaince and backporting, and what tangible benefit >> this change brings to users. >> > The driver synopsys/dwc_eth_qos is no longer necessary since it was ported to > stmmac. The merged followed all the requirements given by AXIS coleagues Niklas > and Lars. The new stmmac solution was tested by them. In my opinion of course > there is no reason to synopsys/dwc_eth_qos to exist anymore. I am deleting now a > synopsys/ name folder :) I did this work to improve organization and centralize > dwc ethernet in stmmac. Hello Joao, David. Regardless of the outcome of the "to rename or not to rename" discussion, I think that merging this patch would be a good thing. Joao's dwc_eth_qos glue layer has been merged to stmmac, so it should now be safe to remove the dwc_eth_qos driver. It's much better if everyone is focusing on a single driver. > > I know that changing what is working properly is a risk, I totally understand, > and if I was a top maintainer I would have the same concern of course. But in > this case I think it is good to organize the house. My intentions are to stick > around and help developing Ethernet, like I am helping developing PCI host/. > > Thanks, > Joao