From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 3 May 2001 14:50:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 3 May 2001 14:49:59 -0400 Received: from lsmls02.we.mediaone.net ([24.130.1.15]:22474 "EHLO lsmls02.we.mediaone.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 3 May 2001 14:49:46 -0400 Message-ID: <3AF1A8C4.82810AB4@kegel.com> Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 11:51:48 -0700 From: Dan Kegel X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.14-5.0 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: YipingChen@via.com.tw CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Whether can we put our company's linux driver into linux kernel? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org yipingChen@via.com.tw wrote: > I want to contact with the author of linux kernel. > Anybody knows how to contact with them? > Our leader hope put our own driver into linux kernel. I am not sure whether > it was permitted. > So, I need to contact with the authors of linux kernel. > If you know how to do it, please tell me. Hi Yiping, the linux kernel community is happy to accept drivers from Via! It's easiest if Via agrees to license the source code for the driver under the GPL (see http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.html ) If that's ok, then just put the source code up as a .tar file on a web or ftp server, and send an email to the linux-kernel mailing list explaining where it is and how to use it. See also http://www.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.4/doc/SubmittingDrivers.html Thanks, Dan