[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] AX88180: new gigabit network driver

Mike Frysinger vapier at gentoo.org
Sun Jun 1 23:06:47 CEST 2008


On Sunday 01 June 2008, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> In message <1212296315-10081-1-git-send-email-vapier at gentoo.org> you wrote:
> > From: Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich at analog.com>
> >
> > A new driver for the AXIS AX88180 gigabit ethernet chip.
>
> By the way:
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ax88180.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,943 @@
> > +/* ax88180: ASIX AX88180 Non-PCI Gigabit Ethernet u-boot driver
> > + * Licensed under the GPL-2.
> > + */
>
> It seems the original driver source from http://www.asix.com.tw

just like the header says ...

> contained a full GPL license header plus copyright note.
>
> May I ask who messed with that, and why?

you're comparing different versions and wondering why they're different ?

> > + *
> > ========================================================================
> > + * $Log:$
> > + * 1.0.0	2006-09-06
> > + * New release for AX88180 US2 chip.
>
> Also, this is old stuff. Why did you  not  base  your  work  on  more
> recent code (like version 1.0.1 , 2006-06-14) ?

we based our work on the latest at the time.  i guess a new version has come 
out huh.
-mike
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