From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: <dustin@sensoria.com>
Cc: jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net driver: Add support for SMSC LAN911x line of ethernet chips
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:13:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060417221345.29f16809.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <021e01c66285$ca8b0a40$0a67020a@dustinlaptop>
"Dustin McIntire" <dustin@sensoria.com> wrote:
>
> This patch adds support for the SMSC LAN911x line of Ethernet chips. These
> Ethernet controllers are a completely new register set from the old 91c9x
> and 91c911x parts. This driver has been tested using a PXA255 host
> processor, but has not been tested under other architectures. The driver
> was written in a hopefully generic enough way to extend support beyond just
> the ARM. I'm hoping for comments regarding its suitability for inclusion
> into the kernel tree.
The patch was badly wordwrapped. Please fix and resend.
I'd suggest that you enable it on all architectures, not just CONFIG_ARM.
Tht way we'll at least get compile coverage.
Coding style problems:
- The code uses four-spaces where it should be using hard tabs. Linux
style is to always use hard tabs.
- The code does this:
if(
while(
Linux style is
if (
while (
- Try to keep everything inside the 80th column. (This is especially
useful when sending wordwrapped patches ;))
next parent reply other threads:[~2006-04-18 5:17 UTC|newest]
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[not found] <021e01c66285$ca8b0a40$0a67020a@dustinlaptop>
2006-04-18 5:13 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2006-04-20 3:24 ` Dustin McIntire
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