From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753643AbYIPJaU (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:30:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751470AbYIPJaF (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:30:05 -0400 Received: from elvis.franken.de ([193.175.24.41]:57934 "EHLO elvis.franken.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750981AbYIPJaE (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:30:04 -0400 Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:18:08 +0200 To: Adrian Bunk Cc: David Miller , jeff@garzik.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [git patches] net driver fixes Message-ID: <20080916091808.GA5938@alpha.franken.de> References: <20080915204543.GD3994@havoc.gtf.org> <20080915.141442.139271313.davem@davemloft.net> <20080915215307.GA10340@alpha.franken.de> <20080915.151125.93659986.davem@davemloft.net> <20080916083934.GA7397@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080916083934.GA7397@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: tsbogend@alpha.franken.de (Thomas Bogendoerfer) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 11:39:34AM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 03:11:25PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > > From: tsbogend@alpha.franken.de (Thomas Bogendoerfer) > > Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:53:08 +0200 > > > > > On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 02:14:42PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > > > > Most of those changes were complete and utter CRAP. > > > > > > thank you, but the fix I've sent (de2104x) isn't crap. The bug breaks the > > > current debian-installer for Cobalt Qube1, when it tries to get an > > > IP address via dhcp. > > > > And why is this bug that has been there for YEARS is appropriate > > to fix outside of the merge window? > >... > > Such a fix is even suitable for -stable. that was my feeling as well, but if David wants to see it in the next merge window, it's his decision. It's not a important fix as the user base is obviuosly pretty small. And I didn't know about that bug, when the merge windows was open, so I couldn't fix it "in time". Thomas. -- Crap can work. Given enough thrust pigs will fly, but it's not necessary a good idea. [ RFC1925, 2.3 ]