From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753744AbbCQMZz (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Mar 2015 08:25:55 -0400 Received: from mta113.f1.k8.com.br ([187.73.32.185]:44797 "EHLO mta113.f1.k8.com.br" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752867AbbCQMZw (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Mar 2015 08:25:52 -0400 X-DKIM: OpenDKIM Filter v2.6.8 smtpz.f1.k8.com.br ED37E80581 Message-ID: <55081D48.3000407@digirati.com.br> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 08:25:44 -0400 From: Michel Machado Organization: Digirati Internet LTDA. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg KH CC: Bjorn Helgaas , netdev , linux-kernel Subject: Re: Linux XIA - merge proposal References: <54F5EF6E.9090303@digirati.com.br> <550301B6.3090302@digirati.com.br> <20150315093752.GA29005@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20150315093752.GA29005@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 03/15/2015 05:37 AM, Greg KH wrote: > 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. Hi Greg, After reading your e-mail, I realized that I hadn't really understood the feedback that I've received. I'm going to follow your advice. Figuring out how to break our codebase in series of patches is going to take sometime, but I intend to get it moving. [ ]'s Michel Machado