Re: [PATCH 3/3] Intel IXP4xx network drivers

[Lennert Buytenhek]

On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 10:00:20PM +0200, Krzysztof Halasa wrote:

> > - the NPE can also be used as DMA engine and for crypto operations.
> >   Both are not network related.
> >   Additionally, the NPE is not only ixp4xx related, but is
> >   also used in IXP23xx CPUs, so it could be placed in
> >   arch/arm/common or arch/arm/xscale ?
> >
> > - The MAC is used on IXP23xx, too. So the drivers for
> >   both CPU familys only differ in the way they exchange
> >   network packets between the NPE and the kernel.
> 
> Hmm... perhaps someone have a spare device with such IXP23xx
> and wants to make it a donation for science? :-)

I have a couple of ixp23xx boards at home, but I'm not sure whether I
can give them away.  I can give you remote access to them, though.
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