Hello, By any measure, net/eth.c is messy and only gets worse as each new Ethernet controller gets added. This patch moves initialization to board code, providing the following benefits:
1. Board developers have more control over the ordering of Ethernet interfaces on a board, and can easily instantiate several different interfaces. This will make a PHY library easier to implement. 2. Ethernet controllers are decoupled from the net library. 3. /net/eth.c will become much smaller and easier to read. I've initially implemented only on TSEC, because I have a couple of different boards with this controller (MPC8349EMDS and MPC8555CDS) and am able to test it. Note that in this patch the TSEC driver itself isn't touched - only where it's initialized. If feedback is positive, I'll port all other in-tree controllers and boards and will put in a branch of the net tree. Hopefully volunteers will line up to sanity test. Please have a look and let me know your thoughts. regards, Ben ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ U-Boot-Users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users
