Re: Splitted lasi_82596 driver

Hi Thomas,

On Sunday 15 April 2007, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:
> as I needed a 82596 driver for a machine (SNI RM400), I took
> lasi_82596.c, cloned it and made it working on that machine. But
> I don't think it's a good idea to have another clone of 82596.c in
> linux, therefore I splitted my cloned driver and took the lasi parts
> to get one major file (lib82596.c) and two hardware specific parts
> (lasi_82596.c and sni_82596.c), which just holds the hardware things
> of the driver. This "new" driver works now on the RM400, so it's
> time to test it on parisc hardware. Unfortunatly my machines with
> lasi82596 are stored away, so I'm looking for someone, who is
> willing to try the patch below and give me feedback.

Tests sucessfully passed on my B160L :-)
 
> Are there any other things, which should be improved in the driver,
> before I'm going to submit this driver ?

Some basic ethtool support would be a nice-to-have.
E.g. name/driver name/Available speeds/link up&down/...

Greetings,
Helge