Re: [PATCH] [NET] [ISDN]: Do not validate ISDN net device address prior to interface-up

Jarek Poplawski
2008-04-13T08:46:58Z

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 10:26:49AM +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote:
...
> This one is simply a bug, not a functional change.

I agree 100%. But since it worked for some people for long time...

>> BTW, I've assisted some similar case in
>> bugzilla, and I guess users will still ask for an explanation after
>> this error code change.
>>
>
> Well, I don't have particulary strong feelings about this, but
> I think adding a printk to one out of thousands of possible
> errors won't help much.

Maybe you are right, we can simply wait. I know Paul, me and a few
more people lost "a bit" of time because of this fix already, and
I hope the next time there will be somebody like you around to give
an advice before git bisect was finished or a few kB of logs are sent
here.

Jarek P.