[U-Boot] Micrel Controller KSZ8841-16MBL

[Douglas Lopes Pereira]

Hi Ben,

thanks for the quick reply.

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Ben Warren <biggerbadderben at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 6/10/2010 12:02 PM, Douglas Lopes Pereira wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I need some help here...
>>
>> I'm working on adding a driver for KSZ8841 ethernet controller which I
>> found
>> at this forum: blackfin.uclinux.org.
>>
>> I was looking at the mail list archive and found a message from Prafulla
>> answering Raphael Amorin.
>>
>> Mr. Prafulla suggested him to add the input code into drivers/net/phy/ and
>> public interfaces in netdev.h
>>
>> Since drivers/net/phy/ does not exist anymore, I'm assuming that input
>> code
>> should go to drivers/net/ instead.
>>
>>
>>
> Huh? drivers/net/phy does exist...  But the KS8841 is a MAC/PHY, so belongs
> in driver/net proper.
>
>  But what about the public interfaces (aka. eth_init, eth_send)? Where
>> should
>> it go?
>>
>>
> You're using an out-of-date API.  Please read the documentation
> (doc/README.drivers.eth)
>
I will take a look at the documentation.


>
> I actually wrote a driver for this controller a few years ago, but didn't
> submit it because at the time it didn't make sense to submit my board and we
> don't allow bare drivers (ones for which there is no in-tree board).  If
> you'd like, I can clean up the driver and send it to you, and then put it in
> the tree.  Unfortunately I don't have hardware to test it on anymore.

If it is not taking much of your effort, I would appreciate to have a
path/copy of the driver.


>
>  Thanks for your time,
>> Best regards,
>> Douglas
>>
>>
> regards,
> Ben
>

Thank again,
Regards,
Douglas