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From: Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
To: Roland Dreier <rdreier@cisco.com>
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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