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Emily J. Ratliff <emilyr.com> - 2008-09-16 18:29 EDT
1. Feature Overview:
Feature Id: [201245]
a. Name of Feature: Third party driver delivery service
b. Feature Description
A service to build/host/deliver third party drivers is requested to allow driver updates outside an
official update.
2. Feature Details:
Sponsor: xSeries
Architectures:
x86
x86_64
Arch Specificity: Purely Common Code
Affects Kernel Modules: Yes
Delivery Mechanism: Request Red Hat development assistance
Category: xSeries
Request Type: Code Development Support from Distributor
d. Upstream Acceptance: No Code Required
Sponsor Priority 1
f. Severity: High
IBM Confidential: no
Code Contribution: no
g. Component Version Target: Distro deliverable.
3. Business Case
Critical bug fixes or enablement required outside of any update require a service to
build/host/deliver third party drivers.
Benefits
Drivers missing code acceptance deadlines due to various uncontrollable circumstances, can at least
be provided through this service until it gets accepted in the subsequent release.
4. Primary contact at Red Hat:
John Jarvis
jjarvis
5. Primary contacts at Partner:
Project Management Contact:
Monte Knutson, mknutson.com, 877-894-1495
Technical contact(s):
Kevin Stansell, kstansel.com
Chris McDermott, mcdermoc.com
IBM Manager:
Julio Alvarez, julioa.com