Fwd: RealTek 8139 ethernet driver

[Eric Doenges]

Jonathan Larmour wrote:

> Actually ecos-patches is right.

One more dumb question - what is the correct way to send the code
to this list ? I prefer the tar approach because that way I don't
have to remember the correct options to diff (and the code itself
isn't in the CVS repository yet anyway).

> 
>> 4. The source files contain the standard eCos header which I lifted
>>    from the Intel 82559 driver, even though the copyright has not
>>    yet been officially assigned to RedHat. My boss has agreed to
>>    OK the copyright transfer, so this should only be a matter of
>>    getting the paperwork done (hopefully sometime this week).
> 
> 
> Good!

Unfortunately my boss doesn't share my sense of urgency and has gone
on vacation, so it will take somewhat longer to get a valid
signature 8^(

> 
>> 5. Finally, the code most likely does not adher to the eCos coding
>>    standard alluded to in the FAQ (since I couldn't find it).
> 
> 
> "By example" ;-). Unfortunately the coding standards are in a Red Hat 
> confidential document(!). I believe in future we will be looking at GNU 
> coding standards for new code instead of the current established 
> practice. Certainly no code written to GNU coding standards will be 
> turned away.
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