Garret,
On 10/12/07, Garrett D'Amore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> To third party IHVs that want to integrate into Nevada with a GLDv3
> hardware, let me express the following open invitation.
>
> If you will:
>
> a) do the engineering to make the driver work under OpenSolaris and
> GLDv3
> b) address any serious bugs (P3 or higher, at my judgment) found
> during testing
> c) release your code under a CDDL license using the SCA
> d) make hardware (2 NICs please!) available to me (Sun) for testing
>
> Then, I promise to:
>
> a) sponsor them for putback (or will find someone else to do so)
> into Nevada
> b) making sure that they are passing the rigorous NICDRV test suites
> c) perform other important tests, including suspend/resume and link
> status notification
> d) help them through any of the various alphabet-soup committees
> (PSARC, ONSC, etc.)
> e) provide engineering guidance to improve the driver and make best
> of Solaris features
> f) assuming the above are done successfully, ultimately commit their
> code into OpenSolaris
Wow ! That's is very kind of you. In my case it is up to that particular IHV
to decide whether to go this route or not. Although one of the first things
I said to them is that sticking to open source would be the best options
of all.
Anyway, thanks to everyone for sharing their view and opinion. I think
I understand what my options are now.
--
Regards,
Cyril
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