Hello. Thanks for the patches, but you submitted them to the out-of-tree driver and I doubt that we will incorporate changes into our driver without a clear business need. Currently our focus is limited to stability fixes on igb.
I would suggest submitting the changes to the kernel for inclusion in the in-tree igb driver. There are issues with the out-of-tree driver that the kernel doesn't have. For example, we have to support compilation on kernels from 2.4 on. And we have to support variants of the mainline kernel such as RHEL and SLES. Have you tested with all of those kernels? Example of compatibility code can be seen in kcompat* Todd Fujinaka Software Application Engineer Networking Division (ND) Intel Corporation todd.fujin...@intel.com (503) 712-4565 -----Original Message----- From: Jean-Hugues Deschenes [mailto:jean-hugues.desche...@octasic.com] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 10:34 AM To: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [E1000-devel] [PATCH v2 0/3] igb: Expose the device's i2c busses (parameterized) New in v2: - Module parameter is now BitBangedI2c (was I2CBB). - All "bagn" typos have been fixed to "bang". - Clarified comment for i2cbb flag. Current i2c support in the igb driver has been implemented with the i350 board in mind. This series of patches exposes the i2c bus for all devices, if enabled through the I2CBB module parameter. This allows to access i2c devices attached to the SFP pins on boards based on igb-handled controllers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
