From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754690AbXLFVrw (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Dec 2007 16:47:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751556AbXLFVrp (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Dec 2007 16:47:45 -0500 Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.187]:47989 "EHLO rv-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750705AbXLFVro (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Dec 2007 16:47:44 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=UOFB7nm9wursxEm5jzyD1KFBNEV1zyJ/QzXMFpM3O9q3AMnzKHOnq6SQMEWOWSDhSpXrleu5fbIdFoocTLwE9OMVhjspCrlvmxl2Ivfgz3vpyRyfyzHIFSZ9tZGMW4TUIg0r2GTNHvwltBOHjK/T3IZjChPOIQRMIpdg3p95xCY= Message-ID: Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 13:37:28 -0800 From: "adam radford" To: "Gabriele Gorla" , linux-kernel , linux-scsi Subject: Re: Patch submission question [not in the FAQ] In-Reply-To: <602863.12913.qm@web53712.mail.re2.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <602863.12913.qm@web53712.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Dec 5, 2007 3:36 AM, Gabriele Gorla wrote: > Hello, > I have submitted a patch for the 3x-xxxx driver on > alpha several months ago to both the driver maintainer > and the linux-scsi mailing list. > I have read all the FAQ and I tried to stick to the > instructions to the letter. > However the patch has been completely ignored. No > reply, no comment, no flames, absolutely nothing... > > the original email submission is at the end of the > email. > > could anyone please explain what I am doing wrong? > > thanks, > GG Gabriele, I ignored your patch because: 1. I do not believe you have the 3w-xxxx driver running on an alpha SMP system. 2. I removed the bitfields from the 3w-xxxx driver but I have yet to add full big endian support due to lack of demand. I have such a patch for this driver (which already includes the unpacking of the wait_queue_head_t variable) but I have not submitted it to the main-line kernel. The in-kernel 3w-xxxx driver is still missing the byte-swaps. The 3w-9xxx (9000 series 3ware driver) has full big endian support. 3. Your patch was garbled. Is this an official request for big endian support for the 3w-xxxx driver or are you looking for anybody who has a packed 'wait_queue_head_t' and submitting a patch to fix it? -Adam