netdev - Re: Steps to integrate new 40G Network driver to the kernel tree

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Message-ID: <1302915420.5282.783.camel@localhost>
Date:	Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:57:00 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Joyce Yu - System Software <joyce.yu@...cle.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Steps to integrate new 40G Network driver to the kernel tree

On Fri, 2011-04-15 at 16:51 -0700, Joyce Yu - System Software wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> We have a new 40G network Linux driver. What are the steps to integrate  
> it to the kernel tree?

Make sure it works as an addition to David Miller's net-2.6 git tree.
Send patches here for review, in <100K chunks (that's the limit for this
list).  Update it based on review feedback, and repeat as necessary.

Documentation/SubmittingPatches has general advice on patches.

Ben.

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