From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 17:36:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 17:36:06 -0400 Received: from flodhest.stud.ntnu.no ([129.241.56.24]:39673 "EHLO flodhest.stud.ntnu.no") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 17:35:50 -0400 Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 23:35:30 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Thomas_Lang=E5s?= To: Alan Cox Cc: tlan@stud.ntnu.no, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: BCM5700, 1000 Mbps driver Message-ID: <20010611233530.B10927@flodhest.stud.ntnu.no> Reply-To: tlan@stud.ntnu.no In-Reply-To: <20010611230603.A10927@flodhest.stud.ntnu.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk on Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 10:15:23PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox: > > * Are there anyone testing/maintaing this driver, trying to get it into the > > standard kernel source? > Not right now that I know of. Nobody who read the source code did anything > more constructive than run to throw up. Are there any places (besides other drivers in the kernel) to look for documents on how to write module-drivers/in-kernel drivers? > > * If not, would it be rude for me to make it work with the latest kernels, > > and then submitt it? (I won't take credit for anything I haven't done, but > > since I haven't written the driver itself, I don't know what you guys think) > It does want a lot of clean up as well but go for it. I'm sure you will get > plenty of comments on what needs cleaning up Should I start by giving people a link to the source code? ;) We need this driver by the end of this summer, so I thought that making something that could go in the std. kernel-tree was the best way of doing things. That way we don't have to patch stuff each time either. -- -Thomas