From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754220Ab0JLAAv (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:00:51 -0400 Received: from mail.perches.com ([173.55.12.10]:2767 "EHLO mail.perches.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751665Ab0JLAAu (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:00:50 -0400 Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] drivers/net Documentation/networking: Create directory intel_wired_lan From: Joe Perches To: Jeff Kirsher Cc: Jesse Brandeburg , Bruce Allan , Carolyn Wyborny , Don Skidmore , Greg Rose , PJ Waskiewicz , Alex Duyck , John Ronciak , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, e1000-devel In-Reply-To: References: <1286743352.11039.165.camel@Joe-Laptop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:00:48 -0700 Message-ID: <1286841648.26045.17.camel@Joe-Laptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2010-10-11 at 16:52 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote: > On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 13:42, Joe Perches wrote: > > Perhaps it's better to move drivers from the very populated > > drivers/net directory into vendor specific directories similar > > to the Atheros approach used for drivers/net/wireless/ath/ > NAK > First, I think we need to keep the documentation in /Documentation/networking. > Second, the changes are extensive and would create a lot of regression testing. I don't see any actual changes here other than layout. What kind of regression testing do you think necessary? > We have been looking at solutions like this for future > drivers/hardware and is on the list of items we are currently working > on, but feel it should not be made retroactively due to the regression > testing and massive changes that would need to be made. Might as well start somewhere.