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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/4] Broadcom 10G NIC Poll Mode Driver
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Hi Stephen,

2015-02-07 07:15, Stephen Hemminger:
> Source was from FreeBSD.
> 
> changes were to make it work and lots of de-uglification.

Maintenance would be eased by showing this work with separate commits.
You should at least have a patch for importing FreeBSD source without
modifications.

Other comment: there could be other drivers for Broadcom devices.
Why not keeping the name bnx2x?

Thanks