Re: [v2,net-next,1/3] net: stmmac: enable multiple buffers

Às 11:17 AM de 3/24/2017, Andrew Lunn escreveu:

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Yes it would be fantastic to have a set of boards, but I rarely see this in any
maintainer :).

Being a Marvell SoC and switch maintainer, i have around a dozen
boards. Some i got some simply by asking the manufacture, others i
purchased. I don't think i'm in the minority here. Without having
access to a number of different hardwares, i don't feel i would be
doing my work properly.

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I try as hard as I can to network with people and try to minimize this
situations, but when there is so many different setups using a driver with diff
configurations, situations like this can happen, but I am here to help debugging
and solving them.

You made a move to rename stmmac to synopsys not long ago. It gave the
impression that synopsis wants to take over this driver. If there are
a number of different configurations, who better than synopsys to
actually properly test these configurations? If you ask around, i'm
sure people will send you hardware.

If the stmmac community wishes that I become the maintainer and are available to
send me their ref hardware, I am available and I can build a farm in my site to
make all necessary tests to all the patches made by me and the ones that I receive.

     Andrew

Joao