From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758015AbYEIOcc (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 May 2008 10:32:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751227AbYEIOcT (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 May 2008 10:32:19 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:49124 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751401AbYEIOcS (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 May 2008 10:32:18 -0400 Message-ID: <4824606E.3040409@garzik.org> Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 10:32:14 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080226) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linus Torvalds CC: David Miller , akpm@linux-foundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT]: Networking References: <20080508.171408.94456716.davem@davemloft.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.2.4 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Linus Torvalds wrote: > It's one thing taking a totally new driver (that couldn't have worked > before and cannot be a regression) or adding new PCI ID's. It's a totally > different thing to take 800 lines of code to an old driver that people > depend on. These things need to happen during the merge window, and just > because they are drivers doesn't mean that they can just do anythign they > want. 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? Jeff