Re: [PATCH] net: remove LLTX in atl2 driver

[Chris Snook]

Kevin Hao wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-09-25 at 18:58 -0500, Jay Cliburn wrote:
> > On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:34:29 -0400
> > Chris Snook <csnook@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm all in favor of removing legacy cruft.  I want to know a little
> > > more about it so we can remove it from the atl1 code as well.
> > > Ultimately most of this will be shared code.
> > Yes, LLTX can (and should) be removed from the atl1 code.  I had an
> > exchange with Herbert Xu and David Miller on LKML a few weeks ago, and
> > they gave me a few tips on how to do it, but I haven't yet had the
> > time.  What takes an experienced netdev warrior about a half hour to
> > implement unfortunately takes me days of after-dayjob time as I track
> > through all the calls that that are affected and test the modified
> > driver.
> >
> > Now back to atl2...  I'd like to hear from Kevin also whether he tested
> > the LLTX removal.  I'm building the driver with his patch as we speak,
> > and I'll test it myself this weekend, but Kevin I'd still like to know
> > if you tested the patch.
>
> Yes, I have tested this driver on a Eee PC. It works well.

Thanks, please mention this with your patch submissions.

-- Chris
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