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Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:33:18 -0600
From: ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To: Michel Machado <michel@...irati.com.br>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux XIA - merge proposal
Michel Machado <michel@...irati.com.br> writes:
> Linux XIA is not yet mature enough for production, but we do think
> that broader exposure will help us to move forward faster, and get
> more in tune with the interested community. Thus, we are writing to
> ask to merge our work into the Linux kernel.
I took a quick glance at the code to see if could figure out what
you were talking about. Especialy as I could not find any documents
on the packet format. The code does not transmit packets. All of the
packet transmit functions are stubs. I can think of no greater failure
for a networking protocol.
Since the code does nothing except have buzz-word compliant descriptions
that are content free I respectfully suggest you make it mostly work
before foisting it on people.
My advice for a future day when you have code that can transmit packets
is to start small. Have patches that do things and do them clearly.
Once you have a minimal version of working code merged then work your
way up.
For just sharing your code you might simply want to have your own tree
that you publish publicly.
Eric
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