Fw: ACARD SCSI driver update for Linux kernel v2.6

jameshsu
2004-12-30T09:56:04Z

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Hi Alan,

Thanks for your fast response. Still need to bother you few minutes for
following questions.
1) Do you think this is necessary to forward this email to James Bottomley??
(Don't know his email & how can I submit??)
2) A set of patch files attached with this email. Should this be good enough
for process??

Methodology to use patch file with current kernel:
1.tgz & source code
2.cp -af linux-2.6.10 linux-2.6.10.og
3.cp atp870u-new-patch linux-2.6.10.og
4.cd linux-2.6.10.og
5.patch -p1 < atp870u-new-patch

Files modified after patch:
drivers/pci/pci.ids
drivers/scsi/atp870u.c
drivers/scsi/atp870u.h
drivers/scsi/Kconfig
include/linux/pci_ids.h

3) I send this email attached with patch file to Linux-SCSI associations as
well as to you because no idea about the submit process. Please let me know
if anything is missing.

Happy holiday season and best regards,

James Hsu,
Manager, Engineering Testing Dept.
ACARD TECHNOLOGY CORP.
Taipei Hsien,Taiwan
6F No78,Sec 1,Kwang Fu Road,Sang Chung,
(02)8512-2290 x 2311(O),(02)8512-1524(FAX)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Cox" <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: "jameshsu" <jameshsu@mail.acard.com>
Cc: <arjanv@redhat.com>; "JimYeh(?‰ä?æ¯…\)" <jimyeh98@acard.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: ACARD SCSI driver update for Linux kernel v2.6

> On Maw, 2004-12-21 at 06:27, jameshsu wrote:
> > Dear Arjan and Alan,
> >
> > My name is James Hsu from Acard Technology, http://www.acard.com.
> > Our company does design and manufacture for SCSI IC & HBA product.
> > Under Linux system for kernel v2.4 or v2.6, you could find our product
> > module ACARD 870U/W and driver ATP870U.o
>
> Yes I helped members of your company when they kindly submitted the
> original driver and I fixed several bugs in it as well as doing the
> initial 2.6 port of the driver.
>
> > The reason to write you this email is to figure out the way how to
> > update our driver for the latest Linux kernel released by association.
> > If you have the time, please let us know the procedure or show me the
> > direction. I appreciate for your kindly assistance.
>
> The preferred procedure is to generate a set of patch files that contain
> the changes you want to make along with explanations of what they do.
> These can then be reviewed and submitted to James Bottomley the SCSI
> layer maintainer for incorporation into the kernel proper.
>
> I'll be happy to assist you in reviewing changes although as it is
> Christmas here things will be slow until early January.
>
> Alan
>

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