From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.dev.rtsoft.ru (unknown [85.21.88.2]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BEEC2688D9 for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:09:49 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <43A686EA.5040304@ru.mvista.com> Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 13:09:46 +0300 From: Vitaly Bordug MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "David H. Lynch Jr." References: <43A64446.8080109@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <43A64446.8080109@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Cc: Andrei Konovalov , linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: Howto submit drivers/patches ? List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , David H. Lynch Jr. wrote: > I am just polishing off bringup a Xilinx Virtex IV/ppc405 system with > minimal hardware under 2.6.14.4. > I have a collection of patches that I can submit for the specific, > board, for the Virtex IV, for board specific hardware, ... > Additionally I have 2 complete boot loader through full serial driver > implementations of a pseudo serial console driver for this board when it > is in a HOST development system - it is a compact flash card normally > plugged into a PC during development and using the PC as the console, > and a complete serial driver chain for the Xilinx UartLite as a console > when not in a Host, or as a general serial driver. The Xilinx Driver is > based heavily on other 2.6 driver/serial drivers and not the 2.4 > implementation from Xilinx. > > Is this list the right place to submit this ? Yes, this is the right place. > Is there a HOWTO addressing the rules/procedures to do so. > Dunno actually, but that is not that tricky. Just send patches here, splitted if possible to understand better what each one does, don't forget detailed description of a change and the Signed-off-by: line. > I have not looked at the kernel style guides, but the style of this > code is pretty much identical to other Kernel code. The UartLite driver > is virtually indistinguishable from other driver/serial drivers except > the few places where hardware differences require changes, and that > there is a full tree of end-end support similar to what exists for the > 8250's. > > David H. Lynch Jr. > DLA Systems > 354 Rudy Dam Rd. > Lititz, PA 17543 > 717.627.3770 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-embedded mailing list > Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded > > -- Sincerely, Vitaly