[PATCH net-next 2/2 v10] net: ethernet: Add a driver for Gemini gigabit ethernet
David Miller
davem at davemloft.net
Wed Jan 10 12:41:13 PST 2018
From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 23:10:53 +0100
> The Gemini ethernet has been around for years as an out-of-tree
> patch used with the NAS boxen and routers built on StorLink
> SL3512 and SL3516, later Storm Semiconductor, later Cortina
> Systems. These ASICs are still being deployed and brand new
> off-the-shelf systems using it can easily be acquired.
>
> The full name of the IP block is "Net Engine and Gigabit
> Ethernet MAC" commonly just called "GMAC".
>
> The hardware block contains a common TCP Offload Enginer (TOE)
> that can be used by both MACs. The current driver does not use
> it.
>
> Cc: Tobias Waldvogel <tobias.waldvogel at gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux at rere.qmqm.pl>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>
Applied.
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