Hi, this patch series tries to get the slicoss driver code closer to a state in which it is ready to be moved out of staging. Patch 1 is a resend of patch I sent a week ago and handles an allocation failure in slic_init_adapter(). Patch 2 fixes link state notification. Patch 3 turns the mapping for the io area from cached to uncached. Patch 4 remove the delay of tx queue start until a link is detected. Patch 5 introduces register accessor functions that use register offsets. This is in preparation to replace the register addressing by means of the slic_regs struct with an addressing by means of offsets. This is one of the tasks listed in the TODO file. Patch 6 introduces a slic_flush_write() function and handles issues that could result form pci write posting. Patch 7 completes the task started with patch 5 Patch 8 improves the implementation around the shared memory chunk used for isr, status and link. It removes the volatile specifier from the slic_shmem structure which is also listed in the TODO file. Patch 9 also addresses a TODO by merging the structures for statistics and thereby removing some unions. The patches have been tested with an Alacritech SEN2104ET PCI-E (4 Port) adapter. Regards, Lino [PATCH 1/9] staging: slicoss: handle allocation failure in [PATCH 2/9] staging: slicoss: notifiy network stack about change in [PATCH 3/9] staging: slicoss: ensure mapping of io-memory is uncached [PATCH 4/9] staging: slicoss: start tx queue when interface is [PATCH 5/9] staging: slicoss: introduce register accessors that use [PATCH 6/9] staging: slicoss: avoid PCI write posting [PATCH 7/9] staging: slicoss: dont use a structure but offsets for [PATCH 8/9] staging: slicoss: improve implementation concerning the [PATCH 9/9] staging: slicoss: simplify struct for statistics _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
