linux-kernel - Re: Free Linux Driver Development!

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Date:	Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:47:18 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Florian Weimer <fw@...eb.enyo.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Free Linux Driver Development!

On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 08:40:10PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Greg KH:
> 
> >> This reminds of the the utterly broken dl2k network driver (which has
> >> got interrupt handling problems and doesn't properly synchronize with
> >> DMA transfers, IIRC).  Hardware specs are available, and I guess I
> >> could even provide a hardware sample, maybe even two.  (If the
> >> community provides driver support, it shouldn't matter if the vendor
> >> actually supports development.)
> >
> > Have you tried contacting the network driver developers to work these
> > issues out?
> 
> Yes, sort of: <http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/448446>
> There weren't any replies, unfortunately.  Do you think a repost would
> make sense?

Try sending it to the netdev mailing list instead.  Not all of the
network driver developers read the whole lkml firehose.

thanks,

greg k-h
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