From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752179AbbCOJh6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Mar 2015 05:37:58 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:41762 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751391AbbCOJh4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Mar 2015 05:37:56 -0400 Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 10:37:52 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Michel Machado Cc: Bjorn Helgaas , netdev , linux-kernel Subject: Re: Linux XIA - merge proposal Message-ID: <20150315093752.GA29005@kroah.com> References: <54F5EF6E.9090303@digirati.com.br> <550301B6.3090302@digirati.com.br> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <550301B6.3090302@digirati.com.br> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 11:26:46AM -0400, Michel Machado wrote: > On 03/10/2015 01:01 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > > From my point of view (far outside the networking world and completely > >incompetent to judge the merits of XIA), this email seems like a > >reasonable starting point for a discussion, and I'm disappointed that > >it got shut down so fast. It might not be in *exactly* the form > >people are looking for, but hey, it's an introductory email, and > >Michel seems open to constructive feedback. > > Thank you for the support, Bjorn. > > I've brainstormed with friends questions that could address the concerns > that haven't been voiced in this thread, and I answered those questions in > our FAQ page: > > https://github.com/AltraMayor/XIA-for-Linux/wiki/FAQ > > While I would like to have Linux XIA merged, I also don't want to become > importunate. So, if nobody else shows interest in this thread, I'm going to > leave it to rest. But you have yet to actually post the code, why give up now, you haven't even tried. A number of people have given you hints here as to what you should be doing / trying, to just run away without even attempting it seems quite odd and defeatist. good luck, greg k-h