From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David VomLehn Subject: Suggestions for new Ethernet driver? Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 22:10:25 -0700 Message-ID: <20161025051025.GA27184@gracie> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "David S. Miller" To: Linux networking mailing list Return-path: Received: from barracuda6.aus1.datafoundry.com ([209.99.124.137]:42118 "EHLO milter.aus.datafoundry.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758007AbcJYF2g (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Oct 2016 01:28:36 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: I'm working with Aquantia to add a new 2.5/5 Gbps driver to the kernel. It looks like it's going to one of the biggest drivers in drivers/net/ethernet. The team that developed the driver is new to kernel development processes, but are working to make it checkpatch-clean and addressing sparse issues. Right now we're working to split the code into small chunks for review. The sequence of patches first targets basic functionality, then adding a feature at a time. Still, it's going to be a lot of work to review. Aquantia is committed to doing the work to add this to the mainline kernel but it's clearly going to be a substantial amount of work not only for them, but for reviewers. So, my question: what can we do to make this process easy for the networking community in addition to the basics that are already under way? I welcome any and all suggestions. Thanks!