Re: [craigl@promise.com: Getting A Patch Into The Kernel] (fwd)

2001-06-13 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Rob Landley wrote: > Well, you're maintainer and I'm obviously not, but it's nice to hear you've > kept an open mind on this issue. :) I have seen one version and I got physically sick. > > All I want is the API rules to the signatures and we have them now. > > > > We do

Re: [craigl@promise.com: Getting A Patch Into The Kernel] (fwd)

2001-06-13 Thread Rob Landley
On Wednesday 13 June 2001 03:06, Andre Hedrick wrote: > No I would not take their code and apply it. > I might not even want to look at it. Well, you're maintainer and I'm obviously not, but it's nice to hear you've kept an open mind on this issue. :) > All I want is the API rules to the

Re: [craigl@promise.com: Getting A Patch Into The Kernel] (fwd)

2001-06-13 Thread Arjan van de Ven
Dear Mr. Craig Lyons, > Hello, > > My name is Craig Lyons and I am the marketing manager at Promise Technology. > We have a question and are hoping you can point us in the right direction. > In the 2.4 kernel there is support for some of our products (Ultra 66, Ultra > 100, etc.). As you may or

Re: [craigl@promise.com: Getting A Patch Into The Kernel] (fwd)

2001-06-13 Thread Andre Hedrick
No I would not take their code and apply it. I might not even want to look at it. All I want is the API rules to the signatures and we have them now. We do not need their driver. Next insults to linux in this form are unacceptable means of communication. * This support will also

Re: [craigl@promise.com: Getting A Patch Into The Kernel] (fwd)

2001-06-13 Thread bert hubert
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 11:22:56PM -0700, Andre Hedrick wrote: > I do not want or need your company's patches, period. That's just not true and you know it. If the patches were to be written in cooperation with you and of proper quality and license you would love them. > I will not take or

[craigl@promise.com: Getting A Patch Into The Kernel] (fwd)

2001-06-13 Thread Andre Hedrick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <005101c0f38f$e2000960$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Craig Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:34:43 -0700 To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Getting A Patch Into The Kernel Importance: Nor

[craigl@promise.com: Getting A Patch Into The Kernel] (fwd)

2001-06-13 Thread Andre Hedrick
-ID: 005101c0f38f$e2000960$[EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Craig Lyons [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:34:43 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Getting A Patch Into The Kernel Importance: Normal Hello, My name is Craig Lyons and I am the marketing

Re: [craigl@promise.com: Getting A Patch Into The Kernel] (fwd)

2001-06-13 Thread bert hubert
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 11:22:56PM -0700, Andre Hedrick wrote: I do not want or need your company's patches, period. That's just not true and you know it. If the patches were to be written in cooperation with you and of proper quality and license you would love them. I will not take or

Re: [craigl@promise.com: Getting A Patch Into The Kernel] (fwd)

2001-06-13 Thread Andre Hedrick
No I would not take their code and apply it. I might not even want to look at it. All I want is the API rules to the signatures and we have them now. We do not need their driver. Next insults to linux in this form are unacceptable means of communication. * This support will also

Re: [craigl@promise.com: Getting A Patch Into The Kernel] (fwd)

2001-06-13 Thread Arjan van de Ven
Dear Mr. Craig Lyons, Hello, My name is Craig Lyons and I am the marketing manager at Promise Technology. We have a question and are hoping you can point us in the right direction. In the 2.4 kernel there is support for some of our products (Ultra 66, Ultra 100, etc.). As you may or may

Re: [craigl@promise.com: Getting A Patch Into The Kernel] (fwd)

2001-06-13 Thread Rob Landley
On Wednesday 13 June 2001 03:06, Andre Hedrick wrote: No I would not take their code and apply it. I might not even want to look at it. Well, you're maintainer and I'm obviously not, but it's nice to hear you've kept an open mind on this issue. :) All I want is the API rules to the

Re: [craigl@promise.com: Getting A Patch Into The Kernel] (fwd)

2001-06-13 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Rob Landley wrote: Well, you're maintainer and I'm obviously not, but it's nice to hear you've kept an open mind on this issue. :) I have seen one version and I got physically sick. All I want is the API rules to the signatures and we have them now. We do not need

Re: Getting A Patch Into The Kernel

2001-06-12 Thread Rik van Riel
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Craig Lyons wrote: > My name is Craig Lyons and I am the marketing manager at Promise > Technology. We have a question and are hoping you can point us in the > right direction. I think most, if not all, of the things you want to know are described in the following two

Re: Getting A Patch Into The Kernel

2001-06-12 Thread Rob Landley
On Tuesday 12 June 2001 18:34, Craig Lyons wrote: > We have a patch that fixes this and are wondering if it > is possible to get this patch into the kernel, and if so, how this would be > done? Well, you start by reading this: http://www.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.4/doc/SubmittingPatches.html

Re: Getting A Patch Into The Kernel

2001-06-12 Thread Robert Love
Hi, this is the correct forum. You can submit the patch here. Merely paste the patch output inline into your email, and make your subject "[PATCH] 2.4.5 FastTrak RAID Whatever Fix" and explain in the email. Note your code must become GPL licensed. I would suggest making the patch against the

Getting A Patch Into The Kernel

2001-06-12 Thread Craig Lyons
Hello, My name is Craig Lyons and I am the marketing manager at Promise Technology. We have a question and are hoping you can point us in the right direction. In the 2.4 kernel there is support for some of our products (Ultra 66, Ultra 100, etc.). As you may or may not know, our Ultra family of

Re: Getting A Patch Into The Kernel

2001-06-12 Thread Rob Landley
On Tuesday 12 June 2001 18:34, Craig Lyons wrote: We have a patch that fixes this and are wondering if it is possible to get this patch into the kernel, and if so, how this would be done? Well, you start by reading this: http://www.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.4/doc/SubmittingPatches.html Which

Re: Getting A Patch Into The Kernel

2001-06-12 Thread Rik van Riel
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Craig Lyons wrote: My name is Craig Lyons and I am the marketing manager at Promise Technology. We have a question and are hoping you can point us in the right direction. I think most, if not all, of the things you want to know are described in the following two