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Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 13:33:48 +0200 From: Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com> To: "Ren, Cloud" <cjren@....qualcomm.com> Cc: "'davem@...emloft.net'" <'davem@...emloft.net'>, "Huang, Xiong" <xiong@....qualcomm.com>, "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Regarding sumbiting a new NIC driver to kernel. (insert the usual "only speaking on behalf of myself" here) Ren, Cloud <cjren@....qualcomm.com> : [...] > Would you have any advices to us ? If this is possible, how do I submit the > new driver and remove the old driver? Can you give me a doc how to submit > the driver to kernel or any hints ? Advices: - publish early for review and comments. Code is reviewed here, on netdev. - work with the current atl* in-kernel drivers maintainers. - provide a big-bang free migration path. - read netdev. http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html lists some archive. - don't expect the convenience on maintenance to materialize immediately. (old farts may appreciate shorter lines - somewhere between 72 and 80 chars - too) If you have not done so yet, please consider reading: - Documentation/CodingStyle - Documentation/SubmittingPatches Documentation/SubmittingDrivers is imho irrelevant here. > Btw, why do we need to develop the new driver? > The most important reason is for convenience on maintenance 1. we need to > make HW operations uniform on all supported OS, such as WinXP, Win7 and Linux. > 2. As our company is continuous to release new NICs, there are more and more > drivers to support those NICs. It's a pity to develop and maintain so many > drivers. So we have developed the driver, "alx". We will use it to support > as many NICs as possible, including NICs released in future. Platform neutral does not necessarily bode good things... :o/ Don't be shy, show the code. -- Ueimor -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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