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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] vmxnet3: functionality enhancements
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 06:03:38 -0700
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On Thu, 19 Jun 2014 23:02:30 -0700
Stephen Hemminger <stephen-OTpzqLSitTUnbdJkjeBofR2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> This set of patches adds new functionality to VMXNET3 and
> removes some dead code, and fixes a memory leak.
> 
> These patches assume that the earlier VMXNET3 cleanup patches
> sent to the mailing list are already merged (they haven't been yet).
> 
> 
> 

Why were these patches totally ignored for 1.7.0 release?
They include bugfixes and other stuff that was broken in the
Intel driver. We even found more.

If patches are going to be ignored, why should bother sending them?