From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Hutchings Subject: Re: Steps to integrate new 40G Network driver to the kernel tree Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:57:00 +0100 Message-ID: <1302915420.5282.783.camel@localhost> References: <4DA8D9F6.2070908@oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev To: Joyce Yu - System Software Return-path: Received: from exchange.solarflare.com ([216.237.3.220]:12199 "EHLO exchange.solarflare.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755579Ab1DPA5D (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:57:03 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4DA8D9F6.2070908@oracle.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, 2011-04-15 at 16:51 -0700, Joyce Yu - System Software wrote: > Hello, > > We have a new 40G network Linux driver. What are the steps to integrate > it to the kernel tree? Make sure it works as an addition to David Miller's net-2.6 git tree. Send patches here for review, in <100K chunks (that's the limit for this list). Update it based on review feedback, and repeat as necessary. Documentation/SubmittingPatches has general advice on patches. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job. They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.