Re: Marvell D2Plug

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On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 07:28:42PM +0300, saeed bishara wrote:
> > I think you need to lay out exactly what you want/need done here, as it
> > sounds like both a lot of different things, and pretty vague.
> >
> > Do you want to go through the above tree and look at the diff and pick
> > the different pieces out, or do you want me to do that and ask you about
> > all of them?
> Greg, it very big list, our patch touches ~1000 files.
> I think I should prepare a list of the following:
> 1. new drives that need to be written from scratch
> 2. missing features for the existing drivers
> 3. arch-specific missing features.

Yes, please write this out in detail so that we know what is needed to
be accomplished.

> the tree above will be used by developers as a reference only. I don't
> think it's practical to rebase it to recent kernels or to do direct
> work on it. does that answers your question?

Starting with older, working code, is always easier than writing new
stuff from nothing, right?

> > Also, how can I get a sample device to test that I don't break anything?
> sure, we will send you one.

Ok, I'll send you my address off-list.

thanks,

greg k-h
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