| Subject: | Rules for adding new network drivers? |
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| From: | Kaspar Brand <nbnet.08@xxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:16:41 UTC |
| Newsgroups: | fa.netbsd.tech.net |
Are there any particular rules when deciding if a new network driver should be added to NetBSD? Specifically, I'm wondering about the et driver (Agere ET1310/ET1301) originally written by Sepherosa Ziehau for DragonFly [1] and ported to OpenBSD by Jonathan Gray [2]. Would this driver be considered for inclusion even when its current vendor (LSI) now dubs it as a "legacy product"? [3] I'm asking because I've actually ported it to NetBSD, since I recently bought a board with this chip. Does it make sense to submit a patch (needs some finishing touches), or is that just a waste of effort? [Don't get me wrong: I'm willing to do the work, but I'd like to know what the chances are that it gets accepted/included.] Thanks for any guidance. Kaspar [1] http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=et§ion=4 [2] http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=et&sektion=4 [3] http://www.lsi.com/networking_home/networking_products/legacy/index.html http://www.lsi.com/networking_home/networking_products/legacy/ethernet/gigabit_ethernet_controllers/et1310/index.html |
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