> From: Richard Cochran [richardcoch...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 3:27 AM > To: Gangfeng Huang > Cc: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] [PATCH net-next 2/2] igb: add a character device > to support AVB > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 09:47:36AM +0800, Gangfeng Huang wrote: > > This patch is reference to the Intel Open-AVB project: > > http://github.com/AVnu/Open-AVB/tree/master/kmod/igb > > You know that this kind of HW specific, chardev interface has very > little chance of being accepted mainline, don't you? > > The idea of having a time based packet scheduler as a new interface in > the networking stack is attractive, but it would need to be a generic > solution. Also, this kind of work must be posted to the netdev list > for proper review. >
Based on Richard's feedback I think I have ask that you follow his suggestion to post this to the netdev list to get a wider audience for proper review before I spend any significant time testing this. But is is getting some test attention and I notice checkpatch is complains about which side fo the test a constant is on: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- u1458:[1]/usr/src/kernels/next-queue> git format-patch bc4267d -1 --stdout|./scripts/checkpatch.pl - WARNING: added, moved or deleted file(s), does MAINTAINERS need updating? #99: new file mode 100644 WARNING: Comparisons should place the constant on the right side of the test #198: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_cdev.c:95: + if (NULL == adapter) ... repeated 7 more times on different lines ... total: 0 errors, 8 warnings, 0 checks, 866 lines checked Your patch has style problems, please review. NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS. u1458:[1]/usr/src/kernels/next-queue> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Aaron ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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