Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Jun 2001 23:35:30 +0200 | From | Thomas Langås <> | Subject | Re: BCM5700, 1000 Mbps driver |
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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.
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