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Re: net driver directory moves for 2.5

To: Jes Sorensen <jes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: net driver directory moves for 2.5
From: Dave Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 16:38:49 +0100 (IST)
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <d3bsngbq3b.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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what about the 3c503... that's a 3COM, 8390, ISA network card :-)

he's the bext example I can think of ...

Dave.


On 22 Jun 2001, Jes Sorensen wrote:

> >>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> Jeff> I've mentioned this before, but since its impending, I wanted to
> Jeff> bring it up again: I'd like to shuffle some drivers into
> Jeff> sub-directories, and shrink drivers/net a bit.
>
> Jeff> This is NOT a wholesale reorganization; simply an opportunity to
> Jeff> dump similar code into subdirectories.  Here are my suggested
> Jeff> moves:
>
> Jeff> lance-like drivers into drivers/net/lance 8390 into
> Jeff> drivers/net/8390 tulip-like (winbond, dmfe, xircom) into
> Jeff> drivers/net/tulip ISA-only drivers into drivers/net/isa 3com
> Jeff> drivers into drivers/net/3com
>
> Where do Lance ISA drivers go? It seems like a somewhat random choice
> of groups to me, ie. 8390, tulip & Lance directories kinda match but
> ISA and 3Com are orthogonal to this.
>
> Jes
>

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