build universal device driver for Ethernet controllers

I am planning to build universal device driver for Ethernet controller . It can work for any type of hardware

I want to make general framework for the driver and it is configurable or we make a table depend on futures exist in particular vender chip in particular version It may be replace all drivers in the Linux kernel tree and only one Ethernet driver it is easy to understand and it is easy to add new future or new chip into this driver and its more efficient Because we are going to implement driver which works 10Mbps to 10Gbps so this architecture gives us very efficient and very less effort because everyone working on different driver instead of one driver

I think you guys understand what I have planned right ? then please share your experience with me

Is it right thing to do ? Is it acceptable in Linux tree ? If you have any plan where to start and how to start? And other then here may I need ask any help from other place Like Linux kernel mailing list linux-net,netdev because I am new to this mailing list I am not worked before as open source contributor

Regards Prabhakar pujeri

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as far as i know, this is not pssibol, becouse one hardware part is difrent form another. all ethernet hardware, speeks ther own langue

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Build universal DM9000 driver for ARM Embest Industrial ARM9 module comes with Linux and Wince(DM9000) The SBC6000X supports extended temperature operation, and comes pre- loded with a Linux 2.6-based kernel, YAFFS filesystem, and Wince6.0 BSP.

The SBC6000X uses Atmel's interesting AT91SAM9261 ,the AT91SAM9261 uses ARM's ARM926EJ-S core clocked at 200MHz, with 16KB each of instruction and data cache. It also boasts 16KB of on-chip SRAM and

32KB of flash, and offers an external bus interface with controllers for SDRAM, NAND Flash, and CompactFlash. Furthermore, it integrates a host of on-chip peripheral interfaces.

The board operates from -10 to 70 degrees Celsius (without backup battery), though individual components are claimed to be "industrial grade" parts good between -40 and 85 degrees Celsius.

Specifications listed include: Processor -- Atmel AT91SAM9261 clocked at 200MHz @1.8V Memory -- 2Kbit EEPROM, 64MB SDRAM, 128MB NAND,4/8Mbyte Dataflash(not fit)

1 x 10/100Mbps Ethernet 1 x RS232 serial communication port with flow control signal 1x RS232 serial communication ports with RTS and CTS signal 1 x RS232 serial communication ports, including a Debug unit 2 x USB 2.0 full-speed host port and one device port 4 x 4 Keyboard interface Audio input and output jacks Four channels 12-bit ADC Expansion: SD card slot 16 GPIO RTC circuit with a backup battery 3.5\4.3\5.6 and 7 TFT LCD +12V DC power input slot On the software side, the SBC6000X comes with the U-boot 1.3.4 bootloader, a Linux 2.6.24 kernel,YAFFS filesystem, and application software.

More details can be found here.

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