Ethernet driver for Linux kernel 2.6 running on ML403

[Grant Likely]

On 9/14/06, Keith J Outwater <kjoutwater at raytheon.com> wrote:
> >
> > So what direction do we (as the community) want to go for supporting
> > Xilinx IP in the Linux kernel?
>
> I don't know about anyone else, but running Linux on Virtex FPGAs is
> something I simply have to be able to do.  With or without Xilinx
> drivers, I think the kernel needs to support Xilinx hardware.

ditto

>
> >
> > If we reject the Xilinx driver code, then we either have to do without
> > Xilinx support in mainline, or we need to write new drivers that
> > address the above issues (support multiple IP versions, etc).  The
> > Xilinx support in mainline right now does not use any Xilinx code.
> > (Xilinx PIC and UART).
> >
> > Thoughts?
>
> As painful as it may be, maybe we just write drivers from scratch and
> try to track changes in the IP.

That's kind of the direction I'm leaning too.


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