Re: [PATCH v7 3/3] net: ax88796c: ASIX AX88796C SPI Ethernet Adapter Driver

[Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>]

On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 01:03:30PM +0100, Łukasz Stelmach wrote:
> ASIX AX88796[1] is a versatile ethernet adapter chip, that can be
> connected to a CPU with a 8/16-bit bus or with an SPI. This driver
> supports SPI connection.
> 
> The driver has been ported from the vendor kernel for ARTIK5[2]
> boards. Several changes were made to adapt it to the current kernel
> which include:
> 
> + updated DT configuration,
> + clock configuration moved to DT,
> + new timer, ethtool and gpio APIs,
> + dev_* instead of pr_* and custom printk() wrappers,
> + removed awkward vendor power managemtn.
> + introduced ethtool tunable to control SPI compression
> 
> [1] https://www.asix.com.tw/products.php?op=pItemdetail&PItemID=104;65;86&PLine=65
> [2] https://git.tizen.org/cgit/profile/common/platform/kernel/linux-3.10-artik/
> 
> The other ax88796 driver is for NE2000 compatible AX88796L chip. These
> chips are not compatible. Hence, two separate drivers are required.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@samsung.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>

    Andrew