Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 11:39:33 +0530 From: Ram Kishore Vegesna <ram.vegesna@broadcom.com> To: Ken Merry <ken@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fiber channel driver for Broadcom/Emulex FC host bus adapters. Message-ID: <CAF7aS0rsnSgZ5LFGVmGMyjYpbGxC%2ByLZMOQQYmTGPcfxCrh5EQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <964F0DBF-DEEB-4CD8-844D-1099FF5AB383@freebsd.org> References: <CAF7aS0qefcu956pzoY=N-xJVAQdR7xcRp8ksX%2B9u99hf%2BqH6rw@mail.gmail.com> <964F0DBF-DEEB-4CD8-844D-1099FF5AB383@freebsd.org>
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Hi Ken, Thanks for the quick response. I am working on restructuring the driver code which will be good for integrating into FreeBSD. Will post the driver for review once its done. -Ram On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 12:33 AM, Ken Merry <ken@freebsd.org> wrote: > That is good news! It will be good to have the driver in the tree. > > As for how to get it into FreeBSD: > > 1. Make sure it is BSD-licsened. GPLed code isn=E2=80=99t allowed in the= kernel. > Other licenses (MIT, CDDL) might be possible. Here is an example license= : > > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/examples/etc/ > bsd-style-copyright?revision=3D180207&view=3Dmarkup > > 2. Get a committer to review it. I can do that if you like. I may still > have some 16Gb boards from when I was reviewing the Emulex FC driver in > 2012. > > 3. Once you get past the review, you can either have the committer put it > in the tree, or wait until we get one or more Emulex developers approved = as > committers. See #4. > > 4. Decide on one or more Emulex developers to maintain the driver as > FreeBSD committers. These should be people who are likely to stay on the > project for a while, so new folks don=E2=80=99t need to be brought up to = speed too > often. The new committers will need one or more current committers as > mentors, and all commits will have to be approved until the mentor is > satisfied that the new committer is ready to go on their own. The > committers=E2=80=99 guide will give you an idea of what is involved: > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/ > > The eventual goal will be to have one or more Emulex folks who are > committers and can maintain the driver in the FreeBSD tree. > > There are two FreeBSD committers (at least) from Broadcom, Steve McConnel= l > and Kashyap Desai. They work on the SAS and MegaRAID products. > > As for timelines, we=E2=80=99re about to start the process for FreeBSD 11= .1. > Depending on the state of the driver, it may be possible to get it into > 11.1, but it=E2=80=99s hard to say that with any certainty until we see t= he driver. > > Ken > =E2=80=94 > Ken Merry > ken@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > On May 11, 2017, at 10:16 AM, Ram Kishore Vegesna via freebsd-scsi < > freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Hi all, > > We are planning to upstream/inbox our FreeBSD cam driver which supports > Emulex FC host bus adapters (LPe16xx and LPe32xx family). > > Please provide me the inputs on process of up-streaming driver. If you ca= n > share any documents related to that will be of great help. > > Note: Please correct me if I am posting the request on wrong mailing list= . > If possible provide the maintainer contact. > > Thanks, > Ram > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-scsi > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-scsi-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >
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