* Question regarding patches
@ 2011-06-30 20:31 Stephen Polkowski
2011-06-30 20:59 ` John Dallaway
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Polkowski @ 2011-06-30 20:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ecos-maintainers
Hello Maintainers,
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"?
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? 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.
Thanks in advance,
Stephen
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Stephen Polkowski
Centaur Technology
VIA Technologies, Inc
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* Re: Question regarding patches
2011-06-30 20:31 Question regarding patches Stephen Polkowski
@ 2011-06-30 20:59 ` John Dallaway
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: John Dallaway @ 2011-06-30 20:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stephen Polkowski; +Cc: ecos-maintainers
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
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