Re: [patch 3/2] m68k: Atari EtherNAT - add writew_be for data push

2008-11-03 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven 
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > > Looking at the SCSI driver in 2.6.26, it's no surprise - the error 
> > > > handling 
> > > > update that I did for 2.6.18 is not included in Geert's current 2.6 
> > > > patch 
> > > > series. Looks like I botched the patch submission way back when. 
> > > 
> > > It's a pity. You put so much work in it but none of your patches
> > > (EtherNEC, EtherNAT or SCSI) got it into a current kernel.
> > > 
> > > Is there a reason why?
> > 
> > When Michael thinks they're ready, he can submit them to netdev or 
> > linux-scsi
> > ;-)
> 
> I'm happy for them to live in linux-m68k :-)
> 
> EtherNEC and EtherNAT are 'ready' in the sense they are working reliably. 
> They 
> are by no means 'ready in the sense that mainline kernel maintainers would be 
> happy to take my patches. 

Or should we get them into linux-staging?

http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Introducing_the_Linux_Staging_Tree

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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Re: [patch 3/2] m68k: Atari EtherNAT - add writew_be for data push

2008-11-03 Thread Michael Schmitz 
Hi Geert,

> > > When Michael thinks they're ready, he can submit them to netdev or 
> > > linux-scsi
> > > ;-)
> > 
> > I'm happy for them to live in linux-m68k :-)
> > 
> > EtherNEC and EtherNAT are 'ready' in the sense they are working reliably. 
> > They 
> > are by no means 'ready in the sense that mainline kernel maintainers would 
> > be 
> > happy to take my patches. 
> 
> Or should we get them into linux-staging?
> 
> http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Introducing_the_Linux_Staging_Tree

That would be an option - I'd first like to rewrite EtherNEC to use a platform 
device for init, though. 

SCSI will be a different matter though. Not a new driver :-)

Michael


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