A new 40G Network driver ready to submit to the kernel tree

A new 40G Network driver ready to submit to the kernel tree

[Joyce Yu - System Software]

I have a new 40G Network driver ready to submit to the kernel tree. The 
driver has been ported to latest linux-3.0-rc5 and net-2.6-353e5c9 tree. 
The driver versions for 2.6.18 and 2.6.32 based kernel have been fully 
tested and released to the customer. Shall I just send the driverxx.c 
and driverxx.h for net-2.6-353e5c9 and linux-3.0-rc5 to this alias?

Thanks,
Joyce

Re: A new 40G Network driver ready to submit to the kernel tree

[Francois Romieu]

Joyce Yu - System Software <joyce.yu@oracle.com> :
[...]
> I have a new 40G Network driver ready to submit to the kernel tree.
> The driver has been ported to latest linux-3.0-rc5 and
> net-2.6-353e5c9 tree.

It is a bit old. It could be better to rebase it against David Miller's
net-next tree as the drivers/net/ ethernet device tree has undergone
some changes.

The net-next tree is currently available at:

git://github.com/davem330/net-next.git

> The driver versions for 2.6.18 and 2.6.32 based kernel have been
> fully tested and released to the customer.  Shall I just send the
> driverxx.c and driverxx.h for net-2.6-353e5c9 and linux-3.0-rc5
> to this alias?

The remarks from 04/11 are still relevant but it will be a good start.

Did it went through internal reviewing by some usual Linux folks at
oracle (hint, hint) ?

-- 
Ueimor

Re: A new 40G Network driver ready to submit to the kernel tree

[David]

在 2011-10-6，7:13，Joyce Yu - System Software <joyce.yu@oracle.com> 写道：

> 
> 
> I have a new 40G Network driver ready to submit to the kernel tree. The driver has been ported to latest linux-3.0-rc5 and net-2.6-353e5c9 tree. The driver versions for 2.6.18 and 2.6.32 based kernel have been fully tested and released to the customer. Shall I just send the driverxx.c and driverxx.h for net-2.6-353e5c9 and linux-3.0-rc5 to this alias?  

net tree and linux tree are just only for bug fix. New features or new drivers should be merged from net-next tree which locates at Github site. 

Shan Wei
> 
> Thanks,
> Joyce
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Re: A new 40G Network driver ready to submit to the kernel tree

[Joyce Yu - System Software]

> It is a bit old. It could be better to rebase it against David Miller's
> net-next tree as the drivers/net/ ethernet device tree has undergone
> some changes.
>
> The net-next tree is currently available at:
>
> git://github.com/davem330/net-next.git
>
>   
I ported the driver to the net-next tree.
>
> The remarks from 04/11 are still relevant but it will be a good start.
>
> Did it went through internal reviewing by some usual Linux folks at
> oracle (hint, hint) ?
>
>   
Yes.

What is the next step?

Thanks,
Joyce

Re: A new 40G Network driver ready to submit to the kernel tree

[Jeff Kirsher]

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On 10/06/2011 09:39 PM, Joyce Yu - System Software wrote:
>
>> It is a bit old. It could be better to rebase it against David Miller's
>> net-next tree as the drivers/net/ ethernet device tree has undergone
>> some changes.
>>
>> The net-next tree is currently available at:
>>
>> git://github.com/davem330/net-next.git
>>
>>   
> I ported the driver to the net-next tree.
>>
>> The remarks from 04/11 are still relevant but it will be a good start.
>>
>> Did it went through internal reviewing by some usual Linux folks at
>> oracle (hint, hint) ?
>>
>>   
> Yes.
>
> What is the next step? 

Submit the patches to netdev for review/acceptance.


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Re: A new 40G Network driver ready to submit to the kernel tree

[Joyce Yu - System Software]

> 
> Submit the patches to netdev for review/acceptance.

Shall I just send plain driverxxx.c and driverxxx.h files,   or zip or
tarball?


Thanks,
Joyce

Re: A new 40G Network driver ready to submit to the kernel tree

[Denys Fedoryshchenko]

 On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:19:29 -0700, Joyce Yu - System Software wrote:
>> Submit the patches to netdev for review/acceptance.
>
> Shall I just send plain driverxxx.c and driverxxx.h files,   or zip 
> or
> tarball?
>
 I guess most of answers are inside

 http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers
 http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/SubmittingPatches

 For example:

 It is also available inside kernel, in Documentation directory.

 ---
 Denys Fedoryshchenko <nuclearcat@nuclearcat.com

Re: A new 40G Network driver ready to submit to the kernel tree

[Ben Hutchings]

On Fri, 2011-10-07 at 10:19 -0700, Joyce Yu - System Software wrote:
> > 
> > Submit the patches to netdev for review/acceptance.
> 
> Shall I just send plain driverxxx.c and driverxxx.h files,   or zip or
> tarball?

Please read Documentation/Submitting{Patches,Drivers}; then ask any
further questions that they don't answer.

Ben.

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