From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756588AbYEIVoV (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 May 2008 17:44:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753594AbYEIVoH (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 May 2008 17:44:07 -0400 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:34957 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751840AbYEIVoE (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 May 2008 17:44:04 -0400 Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 14:43:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20080509.144359.194792251.davem@davemloft.net> To: torvalds@linux-foundation.org Cc: jeff@garzik.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT]: Networking From: David Miller In-Reply-To: References: <4824606E.3040409@garzik.org> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 22.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Linus Torvalds Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 08:05:47 -0700 (PDT) > On Fri, 9 May 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > > The e1000e change is just a bunch of code additions for a new phy type, not a > > bunch of /changes/ really. Is that the change you're concerned with? > > Yes. I saw 800 new lines to a driver I use, and I go "Ugh". And if it enabled support for a device you have, for which you've been patching the driver for some time, you'd go "Yippie!" :-))) BTW, this reminds me, did we get that driver in for the device the EEPC machines use? I have this strange feeling like that slipped through the cracks.