From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932522AbcHKA2I (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Aug 2016 20:28:08 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:42152 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751519AbcHKA2G (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Aug 2016 20:28:06 -0400 Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 17:28:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20160810.172805.1742489787835736863.davem@davemloft.net> To: ivan.khoronzhuk@linaro.org Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, mugunthanvnm@ti.com, grygorii.strashko@ti.com, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dlide@ti.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] net: ethernet: ti: cpsw: split driver data and per ndev data From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <1470784964-26440-1-git-send-email-ivan.khoronzhuk@linaro.org> References: <1470784964-26440-1-git-send-email-ivan.khoronzhuk@linaro.org> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.7 on Emacs 24.5 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Wed, 10 Aug 2016 17:28:06 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Ivan Khoronzhuk Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 02:22:31 +0300 > In dual_emac mode the driver can handle 2 network devices. Each of them can use > its own private data and common data/resources. This patchset splits common driver > data/resources and private per net device data. > It leads to: > - reduce memory usage > - increase code readability > - allows add a bunch of simplification > - create prerequisites to add multi-channel support, > when channels are shared between net devices ... Series applied to net-next, thank you.