From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: adam radford <aradford@gmail.com>
Cc: Gabriele Gorla <gorlik@yahoo.com>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-scsi <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Patch submission question [not in the FAQ]
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 13:57:12 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0712091356530.31899@anakin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b1bc6a000712061337o189b96bal45c0b7b5b7d47568@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, 6 Dec 2007, adam radford wrote:
> 2. I removed the bitfields from the 3w-xxxx driver but I have
> yet to add full big endian support due to lack of demand. I have
> such a patch for this driver (which already includes the unpacking
> of the wait_queue_head_t variable) but I have not submitted it to
> the main-line kernel. The in-kernel 3w-xxxx driver is still missing
> the byte-swaps.
>
> The 3w-9xxx (9000 series 3ware driver) has full big endian support.
>
> Is this an official request for big endian support for the 3w-xxxx driver or
> are you looking for anybody who has a packed 'wait_queue_head_t' and
> submitting a patch to fix it?
Alpha is little endian.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-09 12:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-05 11:36 Patch submission question [not in the FAQ] Gabriele Gorla
2007-12-05 12:36 ` WANG Cong
2007-12-06 15:01 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-12-06 21:37 ` adam radford
2007-12-09 12:57 ` Geert Uytterhoeven [this message]
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