[U-Boot] [PATCH v6 0/27] Add Driver Model support to network stack

[Joe Hershberger]

Hi Tom,

On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 06:17:50AM -0600, Simon Glass wrote:
> > +Tom, Vivek, Marek
> >
> > Hi Joe,
> >
> > On 11 March 2015 at 17:43, Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger at ni.com>
wrote:
> > > Add support for the Ethernet MAC controllers.  Phy support will come
later.
> > >
> > > Switching from RFC to a patch series to be applied to dm/master as a
staging
> > > area for this series to make it happen more quickly when the window
opens.
> > >
> > > If desired, let me know which of the non-DM related prerequisite
patches are
> > > wanted for this release.
> > >
> > > I've added unit tests to verify functionality.
> > >
> > > There is an additional driver for sandbox that bridges to the RAW
> > > Ethernet API in Linux which lets you test with real traffic. It now
> > > supports localhost as well (the 'lo' interface).
> > >
> > > Changes in v6:
> > > -Add function comments
> > > -Addressed nits
> > > -Check array index bounds
> > > -Fix compile error on boards with CONFIG_API enabled
> > > -Fix compile errors for other boards due to removed parameters
> > > -Swallow -EAGAIN error in eth_rx()
> > > -Updated function documentation
> > >
> >
> > Looks great! I'm going to pick this up for u-boot-dm/next soon,
> > putting it on top of the PCI series.
> >
> > Small USB update:
> >
> > I've been fiddling with USB. I became inspired by your more ambitious
> > conversion of Ethernet and decided to take USB a bit further (using
> > driver model for all devices, not just controllers).
> >
> > I have something I am becoming happy with but it does not support USB
> > networking. Once I apply your series I will see if I can use driver
> > model for that also either before or after I send the next version.
>
> Nice!  And please feel free to hassle me at ELC next week :)

Cool. I'll be there next week. Do you know who else will be there?

-Joe