From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8035 invoked by alias); 30 Jun 2011 20:59:55 -0000 Received: (qmail 8027 invoked by uid 22791); 30 Jun 2011 20:59:54 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (HELO mtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com) (81.103.221.48) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:59:24 +0000 Received: from aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.35]) by mtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (InterMail vM.7.08.04.00 201-2186-134-20080326) with ESMTP id <20110630205917.NAKM16165.mtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com>; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:59:17 +0100 Received: from cog.dallaway.org.uk ([213.106.80.48]) by aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (InterMail vG.3.00.04.00 201-2196-133-20080908) with ESMTP id <20110630205917.MINW25656.aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@cog.dallaway.org.uk>; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:59:17 +0100 Received: from cog.dallaway.org.uk (cog.dallaway.org.uk [127.0.0.1]) by cog.dallaway.org.uk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p5UKxFTi025516; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:59:15 +0100 Message-ID: <4E0CE3A3.9090106@dallaway.org.uk> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:59:00 -0000 From: John Dallaway User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20101213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stephen Polkowski CC: ecos-maintainers@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: Re: Question regarding patches References: <4E0CDCD8.3000202@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <4E0CDCD8.3000202@centtech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact ecos-maintainers-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-maintainers-owner@ecos.sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011-06/txt/msg00002.txt.bz2 Hi Stephen Stephen Polkowski wrote: > I submitted a patch about a week ago for the Via Rhine (10/100) > driver [1001269]. There was a small bug that required a simple fix. I > listed the patch under Ethernet, but now I'm wondering if I should have > listed it under "Patches and Contributions"? Submitting patches against the "Patches and Contributions" component is preferable, but we are certainly aware of your patch. > Am I following the correct procedures to get this patch into the CVS > tree? How long does it usually take to get a change into CVS? That's a difficult question to answer. It all depends on the complexity of the patch, the current workload of the eCos maintainers and whether any patch revision is necessary. Anything from a few hours to many months. > The reason I > ask is that I'm planning a REDBOOT rhine package for IA32. I already > have it working my office. I just wanted to see how my simple Rhine > patch worked out before submitting a REDBOOT rhine package. > > Ultimately, I want to release a new Via Velocity (Gigabit) ethernet > driver for eCos. So, I'm getting my feet wet with some small changes > first. Great! I do recommend that you get the copyright assignment in place early as this can take quite a while to process. Ref: http://ecos.sourceware.org/contrib.html Thank you for contributing... John Dallaway eCos maintainer http://www.dallaway.org.uk/john