Re: [PATCH v8 0/6] Add Fieldbus subsystem + support HMS Profinet card

2019-03-12 Thread Sven Van Asbroeck
On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 3:13 PM Greg KH wrote: > > That sounds like a good plan, I'll take that. Want to respin the > patches with the code in drivers/staging/ and I'll be glad to queue them > up after 5.1-rc1 is out. Andreas Farber suggested that the patchset may have more success reaching its

Re: [PATCH v8 0/6] Add Fieldbus subsystem + support HMS Profinet card

2019-03-12 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 01:11:11PM -0400, Sven Van Asbroeck wrote: > On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 3:13 PM Greg KH wrote: > > > > That sounds like a good plan, I'll take that. Want to respin the > > patches with the code in drivers/staging/ and I'll be glad to queue them > > up after 5.1-rc1 is out. >

Re: [PATCH v8 0/6] Add Fieldbus subsystem + support HMS Profinet card

2019-03-11 Thread Sven Van Asbroeck
On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 3:13 PM Greg KH wrote: > > That sounds like a good plan, I'll take that. Want to respin the > patches with the code in drivers/staging/ and I'll be glad to queue them > up after 5.1-rc1 is out. Awesome ! You can expect it in the next few days. I'll also incorporate the

Re: [PATCH v8 0/6] Add Fieldbus subsystem + support HMS Profinet card

2019-03-11 Thread Sven Van Asbroeck
Hi Andreas, On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 1:25 PM Andreas Färber wrote: > > I have two unfinished drivers that might benefit, for Hilscher netX 52 > (multi-protocol) and Microchip LAN9252 (EtherCAT), as well as a Linux > port for Infineon XMC4500 that might be expanded to XMC4800 (EtherCAT). > > But

Re: [PATCH v8 0/6] Add Fieldbus subsystem + support HMS Profinet card

2019-03-11 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 01:02:34PM -0400, Sven Van Asbroeck wrote: > On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 9:14 AM Greg KH wrote: > > > > Well, who wants this code? Who uses it? Find those people and get them > > to review it. If no one wants it or uses it, that kind of implies that > > it's not needed :) >

Re: [PATCH v8 0/6] Add Fieldbus subsystem + support HMS Profinet card

2019-03-11 Thread Andreas Färber
Am 11.03.19 um 18:02 schrieb Sven Van Asbroeck: > On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 9:14 AM Greg KH wrote: >> >> Well, who wants this code? Who uses it? Find those people and get them >> to review it. If no one wants it or uses it, that kind of implies that >> it's not needed :) > > We have customers

Re: [PATCH v8 0/6] Add Fieldbus subsystem + support HMS Profinet card

2019-03-11 Thread Sven Van Asbroeck
On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 9:14 AM Greg KH wrote: > > Well, who wants this code? Who uses it? Find those people and get them > to review it. If no one wants it or uses it, that kind of implies that > it's not needed :) We have customers who (will) talk to this ABI from userspace, but they are not

Re: [PATCH v8 0/6] Add Fieldbus subsystem + support HMS Profinet card

2019-02-08 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 09:05:11AM -0500, Sven Van Asbroeck wrote: > On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 7:19 AM Greg KH wrote: > > > > I would like to see other people review and put their "name" on the > > patchset either with a "reviewed-by:" or "ack" or something. > > That's what I would love to see too

Re: [PATCH v8 0/6] Add Fieldbus subsystem + support HMS Profinet card

2019-02-08 Thread Sven Van Asbroeck
On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 7:19 AM Greg KH wrote: > > I would like to see other people review and put their "name" on the > patchset either with a "reviewed-by:" or "ack" or something. That's what I would love to see too ! And I agree with you that a patchset like this needs more review. Probably a

Re: [PATCH v8 0/6] Add Fieldbus subsystem + support HMS Profinet card

2019-02-08 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 08:47:36AM -0500, Sven Van Asbroeck wrote: > On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 3:12 PM Sven Van Asbroeck wrote: > > > > This patch: > > 1. adds a Fieldbus subsystem > > 2. adds support for the HMS Industrial Networks AB Profinet card. > > > > Is there any feedback I may

Re: [PATCH v8 0/6] Add Fieldbus subsystem + support HMS Profinet card

2019-02-06 Thread Sven Van Asbroeck
On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 3:12 PM Sven Van Asbroeck wrote: > > This patch: > 1. adds a Fieldbus subsystem > 2. adds support for the HMS Industrial Networks AB Profinet card. > Is there any feedback I may address? Any improvements I could make? Any clarifications? If not, what would be the

[PATCH v8 0/6] Add Fieldbus subsystem + support HMS Profinet card

2019-01-24 Thread Sven Van Asbroeck
This patch: 1. adds a Fieldbus subsystem 2. adds support for the HMS Industrial Networks AB Profinet card. 1. Fieldbus subsystem - Fieldbus device (client) adapters allow data exchange with a PLC aka. "Fieldbus Controller" over a fieldbus (Profinet, FLNet, etc.) They are