From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joyce Yu - System Software Subject: Re: Steps to integrate new 40G Network driver to the kernel tree Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:53:21 -0700 Message-ID: <4E012EF1.3050005@oracle.com> References: <4DA8D9F6.2070908@oracle.com> <20110415175429.5e91fb59@nehalam> <4E012D80.4090907@oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Stephen Hemminger Return-path: Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]:58266 "EHLO rcsinet10.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756933Ab1FUXwv (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:52:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4E012D80.4090907@oracle.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Since it is a new driver, shall I follow the "Submitting Drivers for the Linux Kernel" Doc? The driver is ready and passed all our QA cycles. I have three source base, one is for 2.6.16 and 2.6.18 (for RHL 5.X and SLES 10 SP3) , one is for 2.6.32 (For RHL 6.X, SLES11SP1), one for 2.6.27 (For SLES11). Can it be integrated to the 2.6.18 and 2.6.32 tree? or it has to be in the latest 2.6.39 or later? Thanks, Joyce