Messages in this thread | | | From | Florian Fainelli <> | Subject | Re: Forked android kernel development from linux kernel mainline | Date | Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:26:08 +0100 |
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On Friday 12 November 2010 04:15:56 Roland Dreier wrote: > > > > Isn't the openwrt stuff just drivers and some arch specific code? > > > > Nothing that is core infrastructure, and nothing preventing them > > > > from submitting the drivers and arch code if they want to, right? > > > > > > Actually openwrt has some core infrastructure for managing (ethernet) > > > switches as extra-fancy multiport PHYs. That means that all the > > > drivers in openwrt for the typical 5-8 port switches in home routers > > > don't really apply to mainline. > > > > Why not? Those switches _ARE_ extra-fancy multiport PHYs. And AFAICT > > we have no support for this stuff in mainline at all. > > > > So where is the problem ? > > There's no real problem. I was just pointing out that the openwrt > switch stuff actually does have some core infrastructure that mainline > is missing. ie openwrt is not just drivers and arch code. > > But yes I agree mainline should really do a better job of supporting > ethernet switches, and clearly openwrt has the most real-world > experience with implementing that.
We are in the process of cleaning up that code and hope to submit for review within the next few weeks. -- Florian
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