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

[Simon Glass]

On 20 March 2015 at 08:33, Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?

Not me this time.

Regards,
Simon