On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 16:30, Jeff Kirsher [off-list ref] wrote:

On Tue, 2011-06-28 at 13:33 -0700, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

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And (in some other patch) 82596.c is an Intel driver, not a Motorola driver.

82596.c is not an Intel driver, it is an Intel part.  The driver was

Sorry, I meant "driver for an Intel part".

written and support by someone other than Intel.  I am looking at how to

Sure. But I'm strongly against classifying drivers based on who wrote them ;-)

better organize the 82596.c, lasi_82596.c, lib82596.c, and sni_82596.c
which all use an Intel Ethernet chip but were written and supported by
someone other than Intel.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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