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RFC: usb ethernet common code
hi folks.
i recently fixed a bunch of problems in several usb ethernet
drivers and there's a lot of copied code among them.
to avoid this i wrote this patch which introduces a common
library for usb ethernet drivers and converts if_axen.c to
use it. these are the areas handled:
- USB endpoint pipe handling
- rx and tx chain handling
- generic handlers or support for several struct ifnet callbacks
- MII bus locking
- interrupt handling
- partial autoconf handling
for if_axen.c, the code reduction is 1902 to 1166 lines, and
i expect similiar savings for the other drivers as well.
i plan to convert other drivers i have handy (cdce, ure, axe),
but i'd like others with more network clue than i do to consider
the interfaces i've implemented. some of them may seem ugly,
but i was unable to see a better method without forcing less
code sharing.
https://www.netbsd.org/~mrg/usb_net.v15.diff
there is one issue left to deal with: this will require that
usb_net.c to be part of the base USB stack, or, fork this code
into its own module and ensure all other modules have the right
dependency. i haven't thought about this byeond assuming that
itw ill be as simple as a usb_net module that other modules
have as a dep.
thanks.
.mrg.
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