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Re: [patch 3/2] m68k: Atari EtherNAT - add writew_be for data push



On Fri, 31 Oct 2008, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > > Looking at the SCSI driver in 2.6.26, it's no surprise - the error handling 
> > > > update that I did for 2.6.18 is not included in Geert's current 2.6 patch 
> > > > series. Looks like I botched the patch submission way back when. 
> > > 
> > > It's a pity. You put so much work in it but none of your patches
> > > (EtherNEC, EtherNAT or SCSI) got it into a current kernel.
> > > 
> > > Is there a reason why?
> > 
> > When Michael thinks they're ready, he can submit them to netdev or linux-scsi
> > ;-)
> 
> I'm happy for them to live in linux-m68k :-)
> 
> EtherNEC and EtherNAT are 'ready' in the sense they are working reliably. They 
> are by no means 'ready in the sense that mainline kernel maintainers would be 
> happy to take my patches. 

Or should we get them into linux-staging?

http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Introducing_the_Linux_Staging_Tree

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
							    -- Linus Torvalds


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