Steven Stallion wrote:
> All,
>
> I am working with Jason King to write an open implementation of the
> Cassini chipset driver (ce).
>
> While discussing some of the work that needs to be done this evening,
> Jason brought up a good question: why are there no kernel modules for
> MII/GMII? I know at one point there were plans to create one, however
> AFAIK this was never done.
>
> There are some common MII bits laying around in ON for intel, however I
> did not see anything in common.
>
> Is there a particular reason why this was intel specific? Would there be
> any value in writing a common MII/GMII module as a part of this project?
>
IMO, plenty of value. Though the number of new drivers that could take
advantage of it is probably not too great -- not too many new 100M/1G
chips are entering the market now -- everything seems to be focused on
10G for new development.
-- Garrett
> Cheers,
>
> Steve
>
>
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