[arc-discuss] can a new driver qualify for self-review?

[Garrett D'Amore]

Alan DuBoff wrote:
> On Thursday 19 October 2006 08:58 am, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>   
>> In the case of afe, the driver is similar to dnet in any respects.
>> However nearly all tulip chips have significant differences in a few areas:
>>     
>
> Garrett,
>
> One thing I'm unclear on is if there is overlap between afe and dnet? Is that 
> the case?
>   

There is not overlap in what devices are supported.   I.e. no device
that is supported by dnet now will be supported by afe.

> That could complicate things, possibly, unless we issolate the dnet devices 
> out from afe. I don't think we can just get rid of dnet.
>
>   
No, I don't think so either, although, frankly, I think someone should
initiate a process to EOF dnet.  Devices with actual Tulip chips in them
are pretty rare now days, as DEC (now Intel) long ago stopped shipping
these parts.

The dnet driver is one really, really ugly driver  (it was originally a
GLD version 0 driver), and losing it in the long term would probably be
a good thing.  But, that should be handled totally separately, and that
is just my opinion.

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Garrett D'Amore, Principal Software Engineer
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General Dynamics C4 Systems
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