Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.2 - Ethernet and HSS

[Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@wpkg.org>]

> On Wed, 9 May 2007 11:35:03 +0200, Marcus Better wrote:
> > Lennert Buytenhek wrote:
> > > Does that mean that the Debian ARM people have their heads so far
> > > up their collective asses that they think that every form of change
> > > is bad and are unable to accept that some forms of change might be
> > > for the better?
> >
> > Well, I am not one of the Debian ARM people, just a user... and I do hope the
> > EABI port becomes supported in the future! But in the meatime there is a
> > crowd of users running Debian on consumer devices like the NSLU2, and they
> > need a LE network driver.
>
> 1) Development _should_ happen in small individually-manageable steps.
>    It's wrong to delay integration of the new IXP4xx eth driver just
>    because it's not yet LE-compatible.

True.


> 2) LE Debian/ARM users do have alternatives: they can use USB-Ethernet
>    adapters, for instance.

In case of Freecom FSG-3, that would be four USB-ethernet adapters. With 
the cost roughly half of the cost of the whole device. And all USB-ports 
occupied. Provided you don't use them for something else.

Someone could ask "why has this device four mice connected?" :) (for 
someone who doesn't work much with computers, a USB-ISDN or USB-ethernet 
adapter looks just like a mouse).


And yet another viable alternative is to use a totally different device 
which is fully supported under Linux or another system, right? :)


--
Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org
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