New Qlogic qla3xxx NIC Driver v2.02.00k31 for upstream inclusion

Jeff,

Please find the Qlogic qla3xxx Ethernet driver posted at the URL below.
This is a complementary network driver for our ISP4XXX parts.
There is a concurrent effort underway to get the iSCSI driver (qla4xxx)
integrated upstream as well.

I have been through several iterations with the linux-netdev list and
have had much response from Stephen Hemminger. In his last response he
suggested I submit the driver to you.

This submission is contained in a patch file that does the following:

Adds:
drivers/net/qla3xxx.c
drivers/net/qla3xxx.h

Modifies:
MAINTAINERS
drivers/net/Makefile
drivers/net/Kconfig

Patch file qla3xxxpatch1-v2.02.00-k31.txt is at the following link:

ftp://ftp.qlogic.com/outgoing/linux/network/upstream/2.02.00k31/qla3xxxp
atch1-v2.02.00-k31.txt


Some notes on the driver/hardware:

- Built and tested using kernel 2.6.17-rc4.
- The chip supports two ethernet and two iSCSI functions.
- The functions ql_sem_lock, ql_sem_spinlock, ql_sem_unlock, and
ql_wait_for_drvr_lock are used to protect resources that are shared
across the network and iSCSI functions.  This protection is mostly
during chip initialization and resets, but also include link management.
- The PHY/MII are not exported through ethtool due to the fact that the
iSCSI function will control the common link at least 50% of the time.



Regards,

Ron Mercer
Qlogic Corporation