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ETRAX_ETHERNET selects ETHERNET and MII, which depend on NETDEVICES. I don't think anything should select NETDEVICES, so make it a dependency. It also doesn't need to select or depend on ETHERNET, which has nothing to do with the Ethernet library functions. BPCTL selects MII, which depends on NETDEVICES. But everything in the drivers/staging/silicom directory is related to net devices, so make NET_VENDOR_SILICOM depend on NETDEVICES and remove the now-redundant dependencies on NET. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> |
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README
Theory of Operation: The Silicom Bypass Network Interface Cards (NICs) are network cards with paired ports (2 or 4). The pairs either act as a "wire" allowing the network packets to pass or insert the device in between the two ports. When paired with the on-board hardware watchdog or other failsafe, they provide high availability for the network in the face of software outages or maintenance. The software requirements are for a kernel level driver that interfaces with the bypass and watchdog, as well as for control software. User control can be either the provided standalone executable (/bin/bpctl) or the API exposed by the Silicom library.