Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.2 - Ethernet and HSS

On Wed, 9 May 2007 11:35:03 +0200, Marcus Better wrote:

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Lennert Buytenhek wrote:

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Does that mean that the Debian ARM people have their heads so far
up their collective asses that they think that every form of change
is bad and are unable to accept that some forms of change might be
for the better?

Well, I am not one of the Debian ARM people, just a user... and I do hope the
EABI port becomes supported in the future! But in the meatime there is a
crowd of users running Debian on consumer devices like the NSLU2, and they
need a LE network driver.

1) Development _should_ happen in small individually-manageable steps.
   It's wrong to delay integration of the new IXP4xx eth driver just
   because it's not yet LE-compatible.

True.

2) LE Debian/ARM users do have alternatives: they can use USB-Ethernet
   adapters, for instance.

In case of Freecom FSG-3, that would be four USB-ethernet adapters. With 
the cost roughly half of the cost of the whole device. And all USB-ports 
occupied. Provided you don't use them for something else.

Someone could ask "why has this device four mice connected?" :) (for 
someone who doesn't work much with computers, a USB-ISDN or USB-ethernet 
adapter looks just like a mouse).


And yet another viable alternative is to use a totally different device 
which is fully supported under Linux or another system, right? :)


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Tomasz Chmielewski
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