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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Fix the TIOCGICOUNT problem for good
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:44:46 -0700
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On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 06:21:06PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> Remembering to clear fields is something driver authors are simply never
> going to remember to get right every new driver. Instead take the problem
> away from them and give them a simple interface to do the job.

Looks good.  But is it ok if I keep the one driver patch I have now for
.36 and queue this up for .37?  I'll handle the merge conflicts myself.

thanks,

greg k-h