Re: [RFC 37/72] fsl_*/gianfar*/ucc_*: Move the Freescale drivers
From: Jeff Kirsher <hidden>
Date: 2011-07-09 15:07:14
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From: Jeff Kirsher <hidden>
Date: 2011-07-09 15:07:14
On Wed, 2011-06-29 at 08:39 -0700, Tabi Timur-B04825 wrote:
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Jeff Kirsher [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
Move the Freescale driver into drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ and make the necessary Kconfig and Makefile changes.I don't have an actual objection to this, but I just don't understand why it's necessary. Is this a new trend for drivers/net, to have all drivers grouped by manufacturer? Or is there something special about Freescale?
What we are trying to do is better organize the drivers/net directory structure. So I am placing all the Ethernet drivers in drivers/net/ethernet/ and so on. Under drivers/net/ethernet/, I have tried to organize drivers by the most appropriate way to help in maintaining the drivers, a lot of the time it tended to be by manufacturer. It made sense to group all the Freescale drivers into a common directory so that it would be easier to maintain.