From: Divy Le Ray <divy@chelsio.com>
To: yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org
Cc: divy@chelsio.com, jeff@garzik.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, swise@opengridcomputing.com,
yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] cxgb3 - private ioctl cleanup
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:50:05 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <45DD917D.5010807@chelsio.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070222.213915.89824941.yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / ^[$B5HF#1QL@^[ wrote:
> In article <45DD8DDA.8060303@chelsio.com> (at Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:34:34 -0800), Divy Le Ray <divy@chelsio.com> says:
>
>
>
>>> 1. Please do do change the values.
>>> 2. Explain why you are going to kill these ioctls.
>>>
>>>
>> Jeff and Arjan have required that most of these ioctls go.
>> Please read:
>> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdev&m=117029584904193&w=2
>>
>
> Even if you remove them, PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE VALUES,
> unless you have very, very good reason.
>
The cxgb3 driver has not yet appeared in a stable version of the linux
kernel.
The odds of breaking an application using these private ioctls are
pretty slim.
Since some cleanup was required, I chose not to let holes between the
values.
Cheers,
Divy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-02-22 12:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-22 11:59 [PATCH 2/7] cxgb3 - private ioctl cleanup divy
2007-02-22 12:06 ` YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2007-02-22 12:34 ` Divy Le Ray
2007-02-22 12:39 ` YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2007-02-22 12:50 ` Divy Le Ray [this message]
2007-02-22 14:11 ` YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
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2007-02-25 0:43 divy
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