Re: RFC: igb: Intel 82575 gigabit ethernet driver (take #2)

2008-01-10 Thread Kok, Auke
Jeff Garzik wrote: Looks pretty decent. Main comments (style mostly, driver operation path seems sound): thanks again for the comments. I am about to send an updated patch just before my vacation and before I do let me just quickly touch on your comments below: * kill the bitfields and

Re: RFC: igb: Intel 82575 gigabit ethernet driver (take #2)

2007-12-18 Thread Jeff Garzik
Looks pretty decent. Main comments (style mostly, driver operation path seems sound): * kill the bitfields and unions [in descriptor structs]. they are not endian-safe as presented, generate poor code, and are otherwise undesirable. * the basic operations are too verbose:

Re: RFC: igb: Intel 82575 gigabit ethernet driver (take #2)

2007-12-12 Thread Kok, Auke
Kok, Auke wrote: All, here is the second version of the igb (82575) ethernet controller driver. This driver was previously posted 2007-07-13. Many comments received were addressed: - removed indirection wrappers in the same way as e1000e and ixgbe. - cleaned up largely against sparse,