EHEA: Is there a size limit below 80K for patches?

EHEA: Is there a size limit below 80K for patches?

[Jan-Bernd Themann]

Hello,

we tried two times to send a patch set. In both cases the second (largest) patch
got lost. The first one was a bit above 100k, the second one we tried was like 75K.

Any idea what might be the problem?

Thanks,
Jan-Bernd Themann

Re: EHEA: Is there a size limit below 80K for patches?

[Jeff Garzik]

Jan-Bernd Themann wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> we tried two times to send a patch set. In both cases the second 
> (largest) patch
> got lost. The first one was a bit above 100k, the second one we tried 
> was like 75K.
> 
> Any idea what might be the problem?

It might be size, or tripping a spam filter.

For a new driver, do the sane thing and just post a URL.

	Jeff

Re: EHEA: Is there a size limit below 80K for patches?

[Christoph Raisch]

well, now I'm confused...
2 People, two opinions....


Here's a URL for a complete tarball, "sharing" the download location with
our other driver.
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ibmehcad/ehea_EHEA_0002.tgz

We're waiting for a sourceforge project now since 9 days to put out a tgz,
and it looks like many other people get upset right now by their response
time.

So what's the "right"/preferred way to proceed?


Christop R.

> We're currently developing a new Ethernet device driver for a 10G IBM
chip
> for System p. (ppc64)
>
> A later version of the driver should end up in mainline kernel.
> How should we proceed to get first comments by the community?
> Either post this code as a patch to netdev or
yes

> put a full tarball on for example sourceforge?
nope.

Please read and observe:  Documentation/SubmittingPatches
and Section 3 of it, References, for other sources of
expectations/requirements.

The -mm tree also contains Documentation/SubmitChecklist
that you may find useful.

---
~Randy



Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxx> wrote on 08.06.2006 13:34:36:

> Jan-Bernd Themann wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > we tried two times to send a patch set. In both cases the second
> > (largest) patch
> > got lost. The first one was a bit above 100k, the second one we tried
> > was like 75K.
> >
> > Any idea what might be the problem?
>
> It might be size, or tripping a spam filter.
>
> For a new driver, do the sane thing and just post a URL.
>
>    Jeff
>
>
>

Re: EHEA: Is there a size limit below 80K for patches?

[Jeff Garzik]

Christoph Raisch wrote:
> well, now I'm confused...
> 2 People, two opinions....
> 
> 
> Here's a URL for a complete tarball, "sharing" the download location with
> our other driver.
> http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ibmehcad/ehea_EHEA_0002.tgz
> 
> We're waiting for a sourceforge project now since 9 days to put out a tgz,
> and it looks like many other people get upset right now by their response
> time.
> 
> So what's the "right"/preferred way to proceed?

Patches and new drivers should always go to the mailing list...... 
except for the case where they are too big to be posted to the mailing 
list.  For that special case, a URL to a patch should be posted.

	Jeff