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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Oliver Neukum <oliver-GvhC2dPhHPQdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Paulius Zaleckas
	<paulius.zaleckas-Ft0m5Q12RQ9xBelEqimL3w@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-usb-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] updated Patch to option HSO driver to the kernel
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:09:35 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080425160935.GA9152@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200804251503.31240.oliver-GvhC2dPhHPQdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 03:03:30PM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Am Freitag, 25. April 2008 14:31:47 schrieb Paulius Zaleckas:
> > - do we really need ethtool support? It always reports that
> > ?? ??link is up... The only useful information is driver name,
> > ?? ??version and USB path... Is it worth it?
> 
> Yes. NetworkManager does strange things to devices without ethtool
> support. NetworkManager is important.

So we hack around broken userspace in the kernel now?  What about using
your energy to fix up NetworkManager (yes, I know it's crap code, but
life is hard sometimes)

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-04-25 16:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-04-17 21:47 [RFC] updated Patch to option HSO driver to the kernel Greg KH
     [not found] ` <20080417214719.GF17664-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-21  1:04   ` Paulius Zaleckas
2008-04-21  8:16     ` Oliver Neukum
2008-04-21  9:34       ` Paulius Zaleckas
     [not found]         ` <480C5FAF.1050408-Ft0m5Q12RQ9xBelEqimL3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-21 18:41           ` David Brownell
     [not found]             ` <20080421184157.106603602C8-ZcXrCSuhvln6VZ3dlLfH/g4gEjPzgfUyLrfjE7I9kuVHxeISYlDBzl6hYfS7NtTn@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-21 22:04               ` Paulius Zaleckas
2008-04-21 22:58                 ` David Brownell
     [not found]                 ` <480D0F5B.9010808-Ft0m5Q12RQ9xBelEqimL3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-22  6:29                   ` Filip Aben
2008-04-22  8:52                   ` Oliver Neukum
     [not found]     ` <480BE815.2000409-Ft0m5Q12RQ9xBelEqimL3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-21 15:54       ` Paulius Zaleckas
     [not found]         ` <480CB8C2.9090902-Ft0m5Q12RQ9xBelEqimL3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-21 20:17           ` David Brownell
     [not found]             ` <200804211317.23971.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-21 22:12               ` Paulius Zaleckas
2008-04-22  8:33           ` Paulius Zaleckas
     [not found]             ` <480DA2CA.8090705-Ft0m5Q12RQ9xBelEqimL3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-22 13:50               ` Paulius Zaleckas
     [not found]                 ` <480DED38.3080900-Ft0m5Q12RQ9xBelEqimL3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-23 13:40                   ` Paulius Zaleckas
     [not found]                     ` <480F3C41.10908-Ft0m5Q12RQ9xBelEqimL3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-25 12:31                       ` Paulius Zaleckas
2008-04-25 13:03                         ` Oliver Neukum
     [not found]                           ` <200804251503.31240.oliver-GvhC2dPhHPQdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-25 16:09                             ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
     [not found]                         ` <4811CF33.8040007-Ft0m5Q12RQ9xBelEqimL3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-25 13:19                           ` Paulius Zaleckas
     [not found]                             ` <4811DA4F.30209-Ft0m5Q12RQ9xBelEqimL3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-28 10:53                               ` Paulius Zaleckas
     [not found]                                 ` <4815AC9D.7080009-Ft0m5Q12RQ9xBelEqimL3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-28 15:37                                   ` Paulius Zaleckas
2008-04-21 12:43   ` Paulius Zaleckas

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