Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:47:10 +0100 | From | Alessandro Rubini <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/3] stmmac patches |
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>> The second patch is a cleanup, already acked by both authors. > > I'm not applying this, instead if you want to make changes in this > area then fix this driver so that it can properly support multiple > device instances.
Ok, I'll do, but not soon.
> I can't even imagine ever writing a driver where from the start > it can handle only one device instance, this is pure insanity > especially for a PCI device driver.
I agree. But it _already_ is like this. I just want the fact to be clear, so when somebody burns two macs in the fpga it will complain instead of breaking. That said, I have no problem if you still refuse it.
> You're breaking things for anyone using 'stmmaceth='. So I'm not > applying this patch either.
Fine with me.
thanks /alessandro
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