Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 6 Dec 2007 13:37:28 -0800 | | From | "adam radford" <> | | Subject | Re: Patch submission question [not in the FAQ] |
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On Dec 5, 2007 3:36 AM, Gabriele Gorla <gorlik@yahoo.com> 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
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