Dear Sir/Madam,

Per the below,
We have our bypass driver updated and we would like to move forward with integrating it into the kernel.
We think it need to be under drivers/net/

The description is per the below, taken from readme in linux.
The patch is attached,
Let me know how we can proceed with that. what should be the next step.

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Theory of Operation:

The Silicom Bypass Network Interface Cards (NICs) are network cards with paired ports (2 or 4).
The pairs either act as a "wire" allowing the network packets to pass or insert the device in
between the two ports.  When paired with the on-board hardware watchdog or other failsafe,
they provide high availability for the network in the face of software outages or maintenance.

The software requirements are for a kernel level driver that interfaces with the bypass and watchdog,
as well as for control software. User control can be either the provided standalone executable
(/bin/bpctl) or the API exposed by the Silicom library.  
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Regards, David


-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen@networkplumber.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 9:36 PM
To: David Hendel
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; Elad Blatt
Subject: Re: ethtool patch to support bypass / fail-to-wire function

On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:55:27 +0000
David Hendel [off-list ref] wrote:

Stephen,
OK, so what should be the next step? How do we move forward with that?

Regards, David


-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen@networkplumber.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 7:18 PM
To: David Hendel
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; Elad Blatt
Subject: Re: ethtool patch to support bypass / fail-to-wire function

The driver using this is not upstream. You need to get that driver reviewed and incorporated in upstream kernel before the changes to ethtool will be considered.

I expect that the driver will not be accepted as is, and therefore you will have to make changes (including API changes), that render this ethtool API moot.

Read kernel/Documentation/SubmittingPatches