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Re: Question regarding patches


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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