Re: Linux-2.4: Merge Emulex and Qlogic FC drivers ?

Sean Neakums
2002-11-10T22:51:35Z

commence Daniel Mehrmann quotation:

> On Sunday 10 November 2002 23:14, Sean Neakums wrote:
>
>> The last time I looked at an Emulex Linux driver (for the
>> LP-7000, about six months ago), it consisted of a large
>> binary-only portion, shipped in a .a file, and the source code
>> for a shim to have the library code talk to the kernel.
>>
>> Furthermore, the driver was configured by editing a .c file and
>> rebuilding it.
>>
>> All in all, a quality experience.
>
> Mh, i have the complete source code. Only the hba access
> for IP over FC is binary, but that`s a libary api for userland
> tools. I only want merge the standalone driver for both products.

My memory failed slightly: the binary-only portion is the file
SourceBuild/lpfcdriver, which is copied to SourceBuild/lpfcdriver.o
during the build.

The driver distribution I looked at was:

http://www.emulex.com/ts/downloads/linuxfc/rel/420p/lpfc-i386.tar

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