From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daniele Orlandi Subject: Re: Request for an ARPHRD_ Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:58:23 +0200 Message-ID: <200510250058.24561.daniele@orlandi.com> References: <200510240255.28416.daniele@orlandi.com> <200510250008.10409.daniele@orlandi.com> <20051024222222.GA11005@xi.wantstofly.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com Return-path: To: netdev@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20051024222222.GA11005@xi.wantstofly.org> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 25 October 2005 00:22, Lennert Buytenhek wrote: > > Your code might never end up in the kernel at all, for example if you > ever lose interest in it. The situation that we'd like to avoid is > ending up with reserved constants for code that was never submitted > upstream at all. Okay, I see your point. IMHO I'd have preferred a more open politic like libpcap's. There may be valid reasons to keep code out of the tree and this makes maintenance even harder to perform than it already is. Thanks anyway, Bye, -- Daniele Orlandi