On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 02:42:22PM +0000, Diogo Ivo wrote: > Hello, > > This series extends the current ICSSG-based Ethernet driver to support > AM65x Silicon Revision 1.0 devices. > > Notable differences between the Silicon Revisions are that there is > no TX core in SR1.0 with this being handled by the firmware, requiring > extra DMA channels to manage communication with the firmware (with the > firmware being different as well) and in the packet classifier. > > The motivation behind it is that a significant number of Siemens > devices containing SR1.0 silicon have been deployed in the field > and need to be supported and updated to newer kernel versions > without losing functionality. > > This series is based on TI's 5.10 SDK [1]. > > The fourth version of this patch series can be found in [2]. > > Detailed descriptions of the changes in this series can be found in > each commit's message. > > Both of the problems mentioned in v4 have been addressed by disabling > those functionalities, meaning that this driver currently only supports > one TX queue and does not support a 100Mbit/s half-duplex connection. > The removal of these features has been commented in the appropriate > locations in the code. > > [1]: https://git.ti.com/cgit/ti-linux-kernel/ti-linux-kernel/tree/?h=ti-linux-5.10.y > [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240305114045.388893-1-diogo.ivo@xxxxxxxxxxx/ ## Form letter - net-next-closed (original text from Jakub) The merge window for v6.9 has begun and therefore net-next is closed for new drivers, features, code refactoring and optimizations. We are currently accepting bug fixes only. Please repost when net-next reopens after March 25th. RFC patches sent for review only are welcome at any time. See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/maintainer-netdev.html#development-cycle -- pw-bot: defer
