Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/4] Broadcom 10G NIC Poll Mode Driver

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:56:06 +0000
Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> wrote:

> 2015-02-12 06:33, Stephen Hemminger:
> > On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 15:00:13 +0100
> > Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi Stephen,
> > > 
> > > 2015-02-07 07:15, Stephen Hemminger:
> > > > Source was from FreeBSD.
> > > > 
> > > > changes were to make it work and lots of de-uglification.
> > > 
> > > Maintenance would be eased by showing this work with separate commits.
> > > You should at least have a patch for importing FreeBSD source without
> > > modifications.
> > > 
> > > Other comment: there could be other drivers for Broadcom devices.
> > > Why not keeping the name bnx2x?
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > 
> > That history is lost.
> 
> I don't understand your answer,
> and you forgot one question.
> Please reply below each question.
> 
> I said: "You should at least have a patch for importing FreeBSD source
> without modfications". Is the initial FreeBSD source lost?
> 
> Do you agree to rename to bnx2x?

This was based of driver called bxe in FreeBsd but the
changes are so massive that there is no point in creating such a
patch except to keep some lawyer happy.

 37 files changed, 33668 insertions(+), 159047 deletions(-)

It might be okay to rename the visible config option and directory
to bxe but not going to change internal things.