Re: [net-next 10/10] i825xx: Move the Intel 82586/82593/82596 based drivers

On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 20:27 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:

Move the drivers that use the i82586/i82593/i82596 chipsets into
drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/ and make the necessary Kconfig and
Makefile changes.  There were 4 3Com drivers which were initially
moved into 3com/, which now reside in i825xx since they all used
the i82586 chip.

Actually, I think 3c505 was better in 3com/ where you had it before.
Although the card does use an i82586, it's front-ended by an 80186
microcontroller and that's what the driver talks to.  So there is no
meaningful code commonality with the other '586 drivers.

That said, I don't think it's a massive deal either way and if you have
a strong preference for putting it in i825xx then that's probably fine.

p.