Re: [patch 0/4] 2.6.5-rc2-mm5 - r8169 queue

[Francois Romieu <romieu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> :
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> I am pondering taking your latest version of r8169, and moving the 
> phy-related code from there to 8139cp.c.  Then just add
>       MODULE_ALIAS("r8169");
> and deleting r8169.c.
> 
> The rationale is, 8169 is _exactly_ the same as 8139C+, except the phy 
> code and one or two bits in the chip registers.  I would rather have 
> just one codebase, supporting one MAC (i.e. the RX/TX part) and multiple 
> phys.

It seems appealing. Do you have a specific schedule in mind ?

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Ueimor