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From: Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel@...>
To: David Miller <davem@...>
Cc: <mboards@...>, <shemminger@...>, <yanok@...>, <linux-arm-kernel@...>, <netdev@...>, <s.hauer@...>, <wd@...>, <dzu@...>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver
Date: Friday, March 13, 2009 - 3:49 pm

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 07:05:54AM -0700, David Miller wrote:

That's maybe the right solution for big machines, but for small embedded
systems it's absolutely overkill. We have used Linux on several ten ARM
and PowerPC boards, and the only reason we ever needed an initrd was
on an IXP425 who needed a strange firmware which had a license.

Embedded boxes are often short on RAM, so wasting megabytes of space on
a box that maybe has 8...16 MB RAM just because of a mac address doesn't
sound like a good solution.

rsc
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[PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Ilya Yanok, (Tue Mar 10, 10:29 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Stephen Hemminger, (Wed Mar 11, 12:18 am)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Michael Cashwell, (Thu Mar 12, 9:41 am)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, David Miller, (Thu Mar 12, 10:05 am)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Robert Schwebel, (Fri Mar 13, 3:49 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, David Miller, (Fri Mar 13, 4:12 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Jamie Lokier, (Thu Mar 12, 2:02 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Neil Horman, (Thu Mar 12, 10:26 am)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Sascha Hauer, (Wed Mar 11, 4:44 am)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, David Miller, (Wed Mar 11, 4:49 am)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Christer Weinigel, (Wed Mar 11, 4:56 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Stephen Hemminger, (Wed Mar 11, 8:13 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Christer Weinigel, (Thu Mar 12, 6:41 am)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, David Miller, (Thu Mar 12, 8:55 am)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Christer Weinigel, (Thu Mar 12, 10:21 am)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Neil Horman, (Thu Mar 12, 11:12 am)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Mike (mwester), (Thu Mar 12, 4:24 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Neil Horman, (Thu Mar 12, 8:29 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Christer Weinigel, (Thu Mar 12, 12:25 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Neil Horman, (Thu Mar 12, 1:49 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Christer Weinigel, (Thu Mar 12, 2:25 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Jamie Lokier, (Thu Mar 12, 3:25 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Christer Weinigel, (Thu Mar 12, 3:43 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Neil Horman, (Thu Mar 12, 3:05 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Jamie Lokier, (Thu Mar 12, 5:59 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Neil Horman, (Thu Mar 12, 8:16 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Christer Weinigel, (Thu Mar 12, 7:42 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Neil Horman, (Thu Mar 12, 8:21 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Neil Horman, (Fri Mar 13, 6:30 am)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Christer Weinigel, (Thu Mar 12, 3:29 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Sascha Hauer, (Thu Mar 12, 3:14 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, David Miller, (Thu Mar 12, 1:43 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Christer Weinigel, (Thu Mar 12, 1:52 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Jamie Lokier, (Thu Mar 12, 2:06 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Christer Weinigel, (Thu Mar 12, 2:48 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Sascha Hauer, (Thu Mar 12, 3:04 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Wolfgang Denk, (Thu Mar 12, 4:14 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Russell King - ARM Linux, (Thu Mar 12, 4:35 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Sascha Hauer, (Thu Mar 12, 4:27 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Christer Weinigel, (Thu Mar 12, 3:21 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Neil Horman, (Thu Mar 12, 3:16 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Jamie Lokier, (Thu Mar 12, 3:15 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Dan Williams, (Thu Mar 12, 2:39 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, David Miller, (Thu Mar 12, 11:01 am)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Sascha Hauer, (Thu Mar 12, 10:34 am)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Russell King - ARM Linux, (Wed Mar 11, 5:33 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Sascha Hauer, (Wed Mar 11, 4:57 am)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Wolfgang Denk, (Wed Mar 11, 5:09 am)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, David Miller, (Wed Mar 11, 9:23 am)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Riku Voipio, (Wed Mar 11, 3:15 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, David Miller, (Wed Mar 11, 8:44 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Robert Schwebel, (Wed Mar 11, 2:23 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Dan Williams, (Wed Mar 11, 10:00 am)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Sascha Hauer, (Wed Mar 11, 6:35 am)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Eric Dumazet, (Wed Mar 11, 12:00 am)
[PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver (updated), Ilya Yanok, (Wed Mar 11, 7:33 pm)
Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver (upda..., David Miller, (Thu Mar 12, 2:29 am)